Safety of carotid endarterectomy while on clopidogrel (Plavix): Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 908-912

  Wait, Scott D ^a   Abla, Adib A ^a   Killory, Brendan D ^a   Starke, Robert M ^b   Spetzler, Robert F ^a   Nakaji, Peter ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiplatelet agent; Carotid endarterectomy; Clopidogrel

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; CLOPIDOGREL; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; TICLOPIDINE;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEATH; DRUG SAFETY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDEMA; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPIRIN; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; COHORT STUDIES; EDEMA; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; STROKE; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 77957825045     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.12.JNS09707     Document Type: Article

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