Waiting times for carotid endarterectomy in UK: Observational study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7708, 2009, Pages 1423-1425

  Halliday, Alison W ^a   Lees, Tim ^b   Kamugasha, Dora ^a   Grant, Robert ^c   Hoffman, Alex ^c   Rothwell, Peter M ^d   Potter, John F ^e   Horrocks, Michael ^f   Naylor, Ross ^g   Rudd, Anthony G ^h  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^h ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; STROKE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 67650087559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b1847     Document Type: Article

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