Carotid endarterectomy remains the standard of care, even in high-risk surgical patients

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 356-363

  Boules, Tamer N ^a   Proctor, Mary C ^a   Aref, Ahmad ^a   Upchurch Jr , Gilbert R ^a   Stanley, James C ^a   Henke, Peter K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b 2210 Taubman Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; STEROID;

CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SURVIVAL; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12744273124     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000150270.86267.29     Document Type: Review

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