The war against error: A 15 year experience of completion angioscopy following carotid endarterectomy

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-145

  Sharpe, R ^a   Sayers, R D ^a   McCarthy, M J ^a   Dennis, M ^a   London, N J M ^a   Nasim, A ^a   Bown, M J ^a   Naylor, A R ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angioscopy; Carotid endarterectomy; Quality control; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSCOPY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CARDIAC PATIENT; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STROKE; THERAPEUTIC ERROR;

ANGIOSCOPY; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; CLINICAL AUDIT; COHORT STUDIES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 84855533330     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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