Temporal trends in safety of carotid endarterectomy in asymptomatic patients: Systematic review

Neurology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 365-372

  Munster, Alex B ^a   Franchini, Angelo J ^b   Qureshi, Mahim I ^a   Thapar, Ankur ^a   Davies, Alun H ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE REGISTRY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FACTUAL DATABASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; TRENDS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; STROKE;

EID: 84946893843     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001781     Document Type: Review

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