Endarterectomy for Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1079-1097

  Rothwell, Peter M ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANEURYSM; ANGINA PECTORIS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRANIAL NERVE INJURY; ENDARTERECTOMY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE INJURY; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATCH ANGIOPLASTY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESTENOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SHUNTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS;

EID: 56549089760     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ncl.2008.09.013     Document Type: Review

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