Should Carotid Endarterectomy be performed for Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis in Pakistan?

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 589-593

  Syed, N A ^a   Zakaria, A ^a   Khealani, B A ^a   Wasay, M ^a   Baig, S M ^a   Sophie, Z ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NEUROPATHY; PAKISTAN; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STROKE; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 1642430917     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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