The value of urgent carotid surgery for crescendo transient ischemic attacks

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1148-1154

  Karkos, Christos D ^a   McMahon, Greg ^a   McCarthy, Mark J ^a   Dennis, Martin J ^a   Sayers, Robert D ^a   London, Nicholas J M ^a   Naylor, A Ross ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SURGICAL RISK; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VEIN BYPASS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DATABASES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249302053     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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