Presidential address: Carotid endarterectomy, under attack again!

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1137-1141

  Menzoían, James O ^a,b,c  

^a Boston University School of Medicine ^*

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY; ARTICLE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS;

EID: 0038410167     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-5214(02)75343-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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