Urgency of carotid endarterectomy for secondary stroke prevention: Results from the registry of the canadian stroke network

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2776-2782

  Gladstone, David J ^a,b,d,g   Oh, Jiwon ^d   Fang, Jiming ^a   Lindsay, Patty ^a   Tu, Jack V ^a,b   Silver, Frank L ^a,c,d,f   Kapral, Moira K ^a,c,e,f  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f Canadian Stroke Network   (Canada)

^g Regional Stroke Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Stroke prevention; Symptomatic carotid stenosis; Wait times

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE; THERAPY DELAY;

AGED; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68749119734     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.547497     Document Type: Article

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