Perioperative outcome of carotid endarterectomy according to type and timing of neurologic symptoms and computed tomography findings

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 874-882

  Faggioli, Gianluca ^a   Pini, Rodolfo ^a   Mauro, Raffaella ^a   Gargiulo, Mauro ^a   Freyrie, Antonio ^a   Stella, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE DATABASE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885966534     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: 16155947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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