Carotid endarterectomy prior to major abdominal aortic surgery

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 269-273

  Bechtel, J F M ^a,b   Bartels, C ^a   Hopstein, S ^a   Horsch, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic surgery; Carotid arteries; Carotid stenosis; Endarterectomy, carotid

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0034130636     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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