Safety of Carotid Endarterectomy in a High-Risk Population: Lessons from the VA and Connecticut

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 277-282

  Weiss, Jeffrey S ^a,b   Dumas, Patricia ^a   Cha, Charles ^a,b   Gusberg, Richard J ^a,b   Dardik, Alan ^a,b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; CONNECTICUT; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747337505     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.05.015     Document Type: Article

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