Current practice of carotid endarterectomy in the UK

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 209-216

  Rudarakanchana, N ^a   Halliday, A W ^b   Kamugasha, D ^c   Grant, R ^d   Waton, S ^c   Horrocks, M ^f   Naylor, A R ^g   Rudd, A G ^e   Cloud, G C ^c   Mitchell, D ^h  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^h NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS;

AGED; AMAUROSIS FUGAX; CAROTID STENOSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STROKE;

EID: 84855686006     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.7810     Document Type: Article

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