Female sex does not influence 30-day stroke and mortality rates after carotid endarterectomy

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 245-252

  Guzman, Randolph P ^a   Weighell, Wendy ^a   Guzman, Catherine ^b   Rodriguez Leyva, Delfin ^c  

^a ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c VI Lenin University Hospital   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGEON;

AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CUBA; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890532986     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: 16155947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2013.02.019     Document Type: Article

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