Gender differences in treatment of severe carotid stenosis after transient ischemic attack

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1891-1895

  Poisson, Sharon N ^a   Johnston, S Claiborne ^a,b   Sidney, Stephen ^c   Klingman, Jeffrey G ^d   Nguyen Huynh, Mai N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

carotid endarterectomy; carotid stenosis; epidemiology; transient ischemic attacks

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; CAROTID STENOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CAROTID STENOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77956413706     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.580977     Document Type: Article

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