Implications of the finding of no significant carotid stenosis based on data from a regional Australian vascular unit

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1050-1056

  Palamuthusingam, Dharmenaan ^a   Quigley, Frank ^b   Golledge, Jonathan ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUEENSLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 80054880421     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: 16155947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2011.05.015     Document Type: Article

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