Assessment of carotid artery stenosis before coronary artery bypass surgery. Is it always necessary?

Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 77-83

  Cornily, Jean Christophe ^a,c   Le Saux, David ^a   Vinsonneau, Ulric ^d   Bezon, Eric ^b,c   Le Ven, Florent ^b   Le Gal, Gregoire ^b   Bressollette, Luc ^b   Mansourati, Jacques ^a,c   Boschat, Jacques ^a,c   Gilard, Martine ^a,c   Blanc, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^b BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^d Military Teaching Hospital Clermont Tonnerre   (France)

Author keywords

Carotid artery disease; Coronary artery bypass; Coronary artery disease; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY BRUIT; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 79952701007     PISSN: 18752136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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