Updated Society for Vascular Surgery guidelines for management of extracranial carotid disease

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Ricotta, John J ^a   Aburahma, Ali ^b   Ascher, Enrico ^c   Eskandari, Mark ^d   Faries, Peter ^e   Lal, Brajesh K ^f  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID PLUS DIPYRIDAMOLE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY BRUIT; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; HEART DEATH; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING CESSATION; STROKE; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; STENTS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052542364     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.07.031     Document Type: Article

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