Asymptomatic carotid stenosis in patients on medical treatment alone

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 519-523

  Sleight, S P ^a   Poloniecki, J ^a   Halliday, A W ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic carotid stenosis; Carotid endarterectomy; Risk factors; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0036596248     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2002.1649     Document Type: Article

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