Natural history of symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid artery occlusion contralateral to carotid endarterectomy: A prospective study

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 206-211

  Ballotta, Enzo ^a,b   Da Giau, Giuseppe ^a   Santarello, Giorgia ^b   Meneghetti, Giorgio ^b   Gruppo, Mario ^b   Militello, Carmelo ^b   Baracchini, Claudio ^b  

^a Geriatric Surgical Clinic   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Carotid occlusion; Death; Duplex ultrasound scan; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; LIFE TABLES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 34250878519     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574407299600     Document Type: Article

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