The good, the bad, and the about-to-get ugly: National trends in carotid revascularization

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1225-1227

  Halm, Ethan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICARE; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; MEDICARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955300452     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.223     Document Type: Note

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