Carotid endarterectomy as the criterion standard in high-risk elderly patients

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 736-742

  Suliman, Ahmed ^a   Greenberg, Joshua ^a   Chandra, Ankur ^a   Barillas, Samuel ^a   Iranpour, Pooya ^a   Angle, Niren ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 49949108462     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.143.8.736     Document Type: Article

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