Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 40-46 , January 2003

High-risk carotid endarterectomy: Fact or fiction

Presented at the Fiftieth Annual Meeting of the American Association for Vascular Surgery, Boston, Mass, Jun 9-12, 2002.

Received 18 June 2002 ,Accepted 30 September 2002.

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    Distribution for high-risk classification on basis of physiology and anatomy.

    Distribution for high-risk classification on basis of physiology and anatomy.

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    Rate of perioperative event in normal-risk and high-risk groups. TIA, Transient ischemic attack.

    Rate of perioperative event in normal-risk and high-risk groups. TIA, Transient ischemic attack.

 Competition of interest: nil.

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 0741-5214/2003/$30.00 + 0

PII: S0741-5214(02)75197-5

doi: 10.1067/mva.2003.56

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 40-46 , January 2003