Successful management of carotid stenosis in a high-risk population at an inner-city hospital

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 511-517

  Maldonado, Thomas S ^a,b,c   Moreno, Ricardo ^a,b   Gagne, Paul J ^a,b   Adelman, Mark A ^a,b   Nalbandian, Matthew M ^a,b   Bajakian, Danielle ^a,b   Jacobowitz, Glenn R ^a,b   Lamparello, Patrick J ^a,b   Riles, Thomas S ^a,b   Rockman, Caron B ^a,b  

^a New York Univ School of Medicine ^*

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10344248858     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857440403800604     Document Type: Review

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