Outcomes are improving for patients with carotid stenosis

Neurology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 302-303

  Abbott, Anne L ^a   Nederkoorn, Paul J ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; TRENDS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STROKE;

EID: 84945941994     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001793     Document Type: Review

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