Comparing outcomes of carotid endarterectomy with international benchmarks: Audit from an Italian vascular surgery department

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 917-921

  Coppi, Gioacchino ^a,b   Moratto, Roberto ^a,b   Ragazzi, Giovanni ^a,b   Nicolosi, Emanuele ^a,b   Silingardi, Roberto ^a,b   Franciosi, Giulio Benassi ^a,b   Ciardullo, Anna Vittoria ^b  

^a Nuovo Ospedale S Agostino   (Italy)

^b Local Health Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Morbidity; Mortality; Outcome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BENCHMARKING; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644789511     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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