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Title:

Short Time Interval Between Neurologic Event and Carotid Surgery Is Not Associated With an Increased Procedural Risk.

Document type:
Journal Article; Article
Author(s):
Tsantilas, Pavlos; Kuehnl, Andreas; König, Thomas; Breitkreuz, Thorben; Kallmayer, Michael; Knappich, Christoph; Schmid, Sofie; Storck, Martin; Zimmermann, Alexander; Eckstein, Hans-Henning
Abstract:
Guidelines recommend that carotid endarterectomy should be performed within 2 weeks in patients with a symptomatic carotid stenosis. Because a Swedish register study indicated that patients treated within the first days after a stroke or transient ischemic attack might have an increased perioperative stroke and mortality risk, this study aimed to find out whether these findings are also true under everyday conditions in Germany.Secondary data analysis including 56 336 elective carotid endarterec...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Stroke
Year:
2016
Journal volume:
47
Journal issue:
11
Pages contribution:
2783-2790
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.014058
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27738236
Print-ISSN:
0039-2499
TUM Institution:
Fachgebiet Gefäßchirurgie (Prof. Eckstein)
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