Lower rates of intervention for symptomatic carotid stenosis in women than in men reflect differences in disease incidence: A population-based study

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-20

  Marquardt, Lars ^a   Fairhead, Jack F ^a   Rothwell, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Carotid stenosis; Epidemiology; Stroke; TIA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINAL DISC; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXISM; STENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 74049158236     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.564120     Document Type: Article

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