Safety of Carotid Endarterectomy in Patients Concurrently on Clopidogrel

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 612-615

  Fleming, Mark D ^a   Stone, William M ^a   Scott, Paul ^a   Chapital, Alyssa B ^a   Fowl, Richard J ^a   Money, Samuel R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMATOMA; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HEPARIN; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TICLOPIDINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69849098322     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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