Carotid Endarterectomy: Still the Standard of Care for Carotid Bifurcation Disease

Seminars in Vascular Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-20

  Rockman, Caron ^a   Loh, Shang ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARD OF CARE; STENTS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959592865     PISSN: 08957967     EISSN: 15584518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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