Contemporary Outcomes for Carotid Endarterectomy at a Large Community-Based Academic Health Center

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-327

  Long, Graham W ^a   Nuthakki, Vijay ^a   Bove, Paul G ^a   Brown, O William ^a   Shanley, Charles J ^a   Bendick, Phillip J ^a   Rimar, Steven ^a   Kitzmiller, John ^a   Zelenock, Gerald B ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247633529     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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