A comparative analysis of the outcomes of carotid stenting and carotid endarterectomy in women

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 337-344

  De Rango, Paola ^a   Parlani, Gianbattista ^a   Caso, Valeria ^a   Verzini, Fabio ^a   Giordano, Giuseppe ^a   Cieri, Enrico ^a   Cao, Piergiorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; RISK; STENT; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID STENOSIS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 75149116078     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.08.095     Document Type: Article

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