Outcome of carotid endarterectomy for acute neurological deficit

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 364-369

  Mussa, Firas F ^a   Aaronson, Nicole ^a   Lamparello, Patrick J ^a   Maldonado, Thomas S ^a   Cayne, Neal S ^a   Adelman, Mark A ^a   Riles, Thomas S ^a   Rockman, Caron B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

And nondisabling stroke; Stroke in evolution; Transient ischemic attacks; Urgent carotid intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARALYSIS; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SHUNTING; SPEECH DISORDER; STROKE; SYNCOPE; THROMBECTOMY; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMAUROSIS FUGAX; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ARTICULATION DISORDERS; CAROTID STENOSIS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SYNCOPE; THROMBECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 69449087723     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574409335276     Document Type: Article

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