Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 1138-1146 , December 2007

Association between minor and major surgical complications after carotid endarterectomy: Results of the New York Carotid Artery Surgery study

Presented at the Spring meeting of the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society, Baltimore, Md, Jun 6-9, 2007.

  • Alexander J. Greenstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Mark R. Chassin, MD, MPP, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
    • Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Jason Wang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Caron B. Rockman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Thomas S. Riles, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Stanley Tuhrim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY.
    • ,
  • Ethan A. Halm, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
    • Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Ethan A. Halm, MD, MPH, Division of General Internal Medicine, Box 1087, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Pl, New York, NY 10029.

Received 1 June 2007 ,Accepted 17 August 2007.

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 Supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (RO1 HS09754-01), Center for Medicare Services, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (#020803).

 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(07)01354-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.08.026

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 1138-1146 , December 2007

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