Carotid Reconstruction in Nonagenarians: Is Surgery a Viable Option?

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 190-194

  Killeen, Kelly L ^a   Wagner, Willis H ^a   Cossman, David V ^a   Cohen, J Louis ^a   Rao, Rajeev K ^a   Woo, Karen ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRICS; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 40749101515     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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