Contemporary results of carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid stenosis

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 975-979

  Woo, Karen ^a   Garg, Joy ^b   Hye, Robert J ^c   Dilley, Ralph B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS GREEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid; Carotid artery; Carotid stenosis; Endarterectomy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951765154     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.578856     Document Type: Article

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