Medical versus surgical treatment of asymptomatic carotid stenosis: The ever-changing nature of evidence-based medicine

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1156-1157

  Selim, Magdy H ^a   Molina, Carlos A ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

asymptomatic carotid stenosis; endarterectomy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMORBIDITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

EID: 79954745782     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.614156     Document Type: Short Survey

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