Is contralateral carotid artery occlusion a risk factor for carotid endarterectomy?

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 882-889

  Grego, Franco ^a   Antonello, Michele ^a   Lepidi, Sandro ^a   Zaramella, Massimiliano ^a   Galzignan, Elisa ^a   Menegolo, Mirko ^a   Deriu, Giovanni P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 27644539188     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-005-7719-2     Document Type: Article

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