Safety of early endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis: An international multicenter study

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1251-e76

  Tsivgoulis, G ^a,b,c   Krogias, C ^d   Georgiadis, G S ^b   Mikulik, R ^c   Safouris, A ^e   Meves, S H ^d   Voumvourakis, K ^a   Harsany M ^c   Staffa, R ^c   Papageorgiou, S G ^a   Katsanos, A H ^f   Lazaris, A ^a   Mumme, A ^d   Lazarides, M ^b   Vasdekis, S N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^d ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^e BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Carotid endarterectomy; Early; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NECK HEMATOMA; NEUROIMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL RISK; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAROTID STENOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARDS; STROKE; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908667105     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ene.12461     Document Type: Article

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