Risk scoring system to predict 3-year survival in patients treated for asymptomatic carotid stenosis

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1576-1580

  Alcocer, Francisco ^b   Mujib, Marjan ^b   Lowman, Bruce ^b   Patterson, Mark A ^b   Passman, Marc A ^b   Matthews, Thomas C ^b   Jordan, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; ARTICLE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880765346     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.12.033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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