Carotid endarterectomy for symptomatic carotid stenosis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Orrapin, Saritphat ^a   Rerkasem, Kittipan ^b  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CANADA; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERVENTION STUDY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ISRAEL; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REIMPLANTATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGE; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK; SEX FACTOR; STANDARDS; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84876073360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001081.pub3     Document Type: Review

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