Cost analysis of carotid endarterectomy: Is age a factor?

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 729-735

  Dorafshar, Amir H ^a   Reil, Todd D ^a   Moore, Wesley S ^a   Quinones Baldrich, William J ^a   Angle, Niren ^a   Fahoomand, Fariba ^a   Ahn, Samuel S ^a   Gelabert, Hugh A ^a   Baker, J Dennis ^a   Freischlag, Julie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; IMAGING; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LABORATORY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

EID: 19944429985     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-004-0107-5     Document Type: Article

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