Carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid stenosis;Endarterectomía carotídea para la estenosis carotídea asintomática

Anales de Patologia Vascular

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-20

  Chambers, B R ^a   Donnan, G A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident prevention control ; Endarterectomy, carotid adverse effects ; Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). Carotid stenosis surgery ; Randomized controlled trials; Risk assessment mesh check words: humans

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955929644     PISSN: 18875890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001923.pub2     Document Type: Article

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