Prospective randomized study on asymptomatic severe carotid stenosis and perioperative stroke risk in patients undergoing major vascular surgery: Prophylactic or deferred carotid endarterectomy?

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 876-881

  Ballotta, Enzo ^a   Renon, Laura ^a   Da Giau, Giuseppe ^a   Barbon, Bruno ^a   De Rossi, Aldo ^a   Baracchini, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROPROTECTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHUNTING; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 27644458106     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-005-7718-3     Document Type: Article

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