Carotid endarterectomy in nonagenarians

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 625-628

  Durward, Quentin J ^a   Ragnarsson, Thorir S ^a   Reeder, Ralph F ^a   Case, James L ^a   Hughes, Christopher A ^a  

^a Center for Neurosciences Orthopaedics and Spine PC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTERY CLAMP; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PROTECTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; DIZZINESS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 23244446224     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.140.7.625     Document Type: Review

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