Who doesn't receive carotid endarterectomy when appropriate?

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 162-168

  Horner, Ronnie D ^a   Oddone, Eugene Z ^b,c   Stechuchak, Karen M ^b   Johnston, Dean C C ^d   Grambow, Steven C ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; SOLDIER; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0346964252     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2003.08.004     Document Type: Article

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