Carotid endarterectomy may be required in addition to best medical treatment for some patient subgroups with asymptomatic carotid stenosis

Vascular

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 62-64

  Paraskevas, Kosmas I ^a   Nicolaides, Andrew N ^b   Veith, Frank J ^c,d,e  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Cyprus)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis; best medical treatment; carotid endarterectomy; stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC CAROTID STENOSIS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84920972547     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: 1708539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1708538114560463     Document Type: Article

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