Carotid endarterectomy: A Southern North Island regional consensus statement

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1323, 2010, Pages 58-74

  Ranta, Annemarei ^a   Naik, Dilip ^b   Cariga, Pietro ^a   Matthews, Tim ^c   McGonigal, Gerry ^b   Thomson, Tom ^c   Bourke, John ^a   Mossman, Stuart ^b   Thompson, Tom ^d   Holmberg, Per ^b   Evans, Richard ^b   Abernethy, David ^b   Lee, Yun ^c   Ramanathan, Anantha ^b   Favot, Danella ^b   Clulow, Tamlin ^a   Haas, Lindsay ^b  

^a MidCentral Health   (New Zealand)

^b CAPITAL AND COAST DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^c Wairarapa DHB ^*  (New Zealand)

^d Whanganui DHB   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DANAPAROID; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESTENOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STROKE;

EID: 77958070175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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