Vascular disease risk factor management 4 years after carotid endarterectomy: Are opportunities missed?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 225-231

  Middleton, Sandy ^a   Harris, John ^a   Lusby, Robert ^a   Ward, Jeanette ^a  

^a SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit; Carotid endarterectomy; Stroke risk factors; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0037689448     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-1433.2002.02570.x     Document Type: Article

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