How appropriate is carotid endarterectomy?

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1471-1472

  Feasby, Thomas E ^a  

^a Capital Health Edmonton   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EXPERIENCE; NOTE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0037975687     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000076522.30688.FF     Document Type: Note

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