Anticoagulation Is the Gold Standard Therapy for Blunt Carotid Injuries to Reduce Stroke Rate

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 540-546

  Cothren, C Clay ^a   Moore, Ernest E ^a   Biffl, Walter L ^b   Ciesla, David J ^a   Ray Jr , Charles E ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey L ^a   Moore, John B ^a   Burch, Jon M ^a   Hoyt, David B ^c   Cogbill, Thomas H ^c   Shatney, Clayton H ^c   Dayton, Merril T ^c  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Mail Code 0206 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DALTEPARIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; COIL EMBOLIZATION; DISABILITY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STENT; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 2342519423     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.139.5.540     Document Type: Article

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