Analysis of pooled data from the randomized controlled trials of endarterectomy for symptomatic carotid stenosis;A propos d'une analyse rétrospective parue dans lancet sur les bénéfices de la chirurgie des sténoses carotidiennes symptomatiques: L'importance de définir ce dont on parle

Revue Medicale de Liege

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 737-740

  Vandamme, H ^a   Limet, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenosis; Carotid endarterectomy; Internal carotid artery; Stroke; Surgery; Transient neurological deficit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 26444537417     PISSN: 00353663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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