Carotid stenosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1143-1150

  Grotta, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID PLUS CLOPIDOGREL; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID PLUS DIPYRIDAMOLE; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

ADULT; APHASIA; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY BRUIT; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; CAROTID STENOSIS; STROKE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84884200551     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp1214999     Document Type: Article

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