Carotid endarterectomy contralateral to carotid artery occlusion: Analysis from a randomized study

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 387, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 216-221

  Ballotta, Enzo ^a   Da Giau, Giuseppe ^a   Baracchini, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Contralateral carotid occlusion; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SHUNTING; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036938099     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-002-0312-z     Document Type: Article

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