Carotid endarterectomy: Who is the high-risk patient?

Seminars in Vascular Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-223

  Nguyen, Louis L ^a   Conte, Michael S ^a   Reed, Amy B ^b   Belkin, Michael ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4644356273     PISSN: 08957967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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