Real-world replication of randomized controlled trial results for carotid endarterectomy

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1496-1500

  Feasby, Thomas E ^a   Kennedy, James ^c   Quan, Hude ^a   Girard, Louis ^b   Ghali, William A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35348913806     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.64.10.1496     Document Type: Article

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