Improving the appropriateness of carotid endarterectomy

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 172-173

  Feasby, T E ^a,c   Barnett, H J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; STROKE; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIALS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846244175     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000254507.52005.7d     Document Type: Editorial

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