Evidence-based treatment of carotid artery stenosis

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Young, Kate C ^a   Jain, Anunaya ^a   Jain, Minal ^a   Replogle, Robert E ^a   Benesch, Curtis G ^a   Jahromi, Babak S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid angioplasty and stent placement; Carotid endarterectomy; Evidence based medicine

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79958795290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.3.FOCUS1143     Document Type: Article

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