Urgent carotid endarterectomy in patients with recent/crescendo transient ischaemic attacks or acute stroke

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 351-357

  Dorigo, W ^a   Pulli, R ^a   Nesi, M ^a   Alessi Innocenti, A ^a   Pratesi, G ^b   Inzitari, D ^a   Pratesi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Crescendo TIA; Recent TIA; Urgent carotid endarterectomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; ITALY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 79951769129     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2010.11.026     Document Type: Article

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