Impact of risk scoring on decision-making in symptomatic moderate carotid atherosclerosis

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 475-480

  Dharmarajah, B ^a,b   Thapar, A ^b   Salem, J ^a   Lane, T R A ^a   Leen, E L S ^b   Davies, A H ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAROTID STENOSIS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; NEUROLOGY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84896137430     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.9461     Document Type: Article

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