Carotid endarterectomy - Study of shortening of interval between symptom and operation;Subakut carotisendarterektomi - Erfaringer med afkortning af tidsrummet mellem symptom og Operation

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 125-127

  Rathenborg, Lisbet Knudsen ^a   Bækgaard, Niels ^a   Jensen, Leif Panduro ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TIME;

CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38749134572     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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