Effect of hospital-level variation in the use of carotid artery stenting versus carotid endarterectomy on perioperative stroke and death in asymptomatic patients

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 627-634

  Yuo, Theodore H ^a,b,d   Degenholtz, Howard S ^b,c   Chaer, Rabih A ^a   Kraemer, Kevin L ^a,b,c   Makaroun, Michel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875231702     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.09.036     Document Type: Article

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