Carotid endarterectomy for symptomatic low-grade carotid stenosis

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-31

  Ballotta, Enzo ^a   Angelini, Annalisa ^b   Mazzalai, Franco ^a   Piatto, Giacomo ^a   Toniato, Antonio ^a   Baracchini, Claudio ^b  

^a Department of Surgical   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; CLOPIDOGREL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; TICLOPIDINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESTENOSIS; RETINA ISCHEMIA; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULCER; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84891626607     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2013.06.079     Document Type: Article

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