Routine duplex surveillance does not improve the outcome after carotid endarterectomy: A decision and cost utility analysis

Stroke

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 749-755

  Post, Piet N ^a   Kievit, Job ^a   Van Baalen, Jary M ^a   Van Den Hout, Wilbert B ^a   Van Bockel, J Hajo ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Carotid stenosis; Cost benefit analysis; Decision analysis; Ultrasonography, Doppler, duplex; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPTOM; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0036197753     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hs0302.103624     Document Type: Article

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