Outcomes after carotid endarterectomy: Is there a high-risk population? A National Surgical Quality Improvement Program report

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Kang, Jeanwan L ^a   Chung, Thomas K ^a   Lancaster, Robert T ^a   LaMuraglia, Glenn M ^a   Conrad, Mark F ^a   Cambria, Richard P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59649102709     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.09.018     Document Type: Article

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