Reanalysis of the final results of the European Carotid Surgery Trial

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 514-523

  Rothwell, P M ^a   Gutnikov, S A ^a   Warlow, C P ^b  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Randomized controlled trials; Stroke prevention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDARTERECTOMY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SURGICAL RISK;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0037319448     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000054671.71777.C7     Document Type: Article

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