Carotid endarterectomy in octogenarians

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 1364, 2012, Pages

  Kueh, Shaw Hua ^a   Livingstone, Vicki ^b   Thomson, Ian A ^a  

^a DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEMATOMA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WOUND COMPLICATION;

EID: 84869205477     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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