Carotid endarterectomy in female patients

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1301-1307

  Dorigo, Walter ^a   Pulli, Raffaele ^a   Marek, John ^b   Troisi, Nicola ^a   Pratesi, Giovanni ^c   Innocenti, Alessandro Alessi ^a   Pratesi, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESTENOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE; SURGICAL RISK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 70649097287     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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