A risk prediction model for determining appropriateness of CEA in patients with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 534-538

  Conrad, Mark F ^a   Kang, Jeanwan ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Shankha ^a   Patel, Virendra I ^a   LaMuraglia, Glenn M ^a   Cambria, Richard P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic carotid; Carotid artery; Carotid endarterectomy; Risk prediction; Stroke

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SECURITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884503537     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182a5007b     Document Type: Conference Paper

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