Early carotid endarterectomy in acute stroke: Comment on 'A multicentre randomised pilot study' by Welsh et al. (Cerebrovasc Dis 2004;18:200-205) [2]

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 417-418

  Baracchini, Claudio ^a   Meneghetti, Giorgio ^a   Ballotta, Enzo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 21344449316     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086106     Document Type: Letter

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