Silent cerebral infarction: Risk factor for stroke complicating carotid endarterectomy

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 969-974

  Fürst, Heinrich ^a   Hartl, Wolfgang H ^a   Haberl, Roman ^a   Berger, Hermann ^a   Meimarakis, Georgios ^a   Lauterjung, Lutz ^a   Schildberg, Friedrich W ^a   Warlow, Charles P ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034885910     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-001-0064-x     Document Type: Article

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