Wait times among patients with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis requiring carotid endarterectomy for stroke prevention

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Jetty, Prasad ^a   Husereau, Don ^b   Kubelik, Dalibor ^a   Nagpal, Sudhir ^a   Brandys, Tim ^a   Hajjar, George ^a   Hill, Andrew ^a   Sharma, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY DELAY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 84865214266     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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