Urgent Carotid Endarterectomy Is Safe in Patients with Few Comorbid Medical Conditions

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 505-512

  Bazan, Hernan A ^a,b   Pradhan, Sanjeev ^a   Westvik, Tormod S ^a   Sumpio, Bauer E ^a   Gusberg, Richard J ^a   Dardik, Alan ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; EMERGENCIES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 46649101816     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.12.019     Document Type: Article

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