A stroke/vascular neurology service increases the volume of urgent carotid endarterectomies performed in a tertiary referral center

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1172-1177

  Bazan, Hernan A ^a   Caton, Gentry ^a   Talebinejad, Shahrzad ^a   Hoffman, Ross ^a   Smith, Taylor A ^a   Vidal, Gabriel ^a   Gaines, Kenneth ^a   Sternbergh III, W Charles ^a  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; SIMVASTATIN; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROLOGIST; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID STENOSIS; EMERGENCIES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 84902840149     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: 16155947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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