Factors influencing the decision to perform carotid endarterectomy

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 803-805

  Hill, Michael D ^a   Foss, Mona M ^a,b   Tu, Jack V ^a,c   Feasby, Thomas E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Ipsos   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENDER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROIMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 1542346252     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000113791.42995.4B     Document Type: Article

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