Journal article
The North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: This study reports the surgical results in those patients who underwent carotid endarterectomy in the North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET).
METHODS: The rates of perioperative stroke and death at 30 days and the final assessment of stroke severity at 90 days were calculated. Regression modeling was used to identify variables that increased or decreased perioperative risk. Nonoutcome surgical …
Authors
Ferguson GG; Eliasziw M; Barr HWK; Clagett GP; Barnes RW; Wallace MC; Taylor DW; Haynes RB; Finan JW; Hachinski VC
Journal
Stroke, Vol. 30, No. 9, pp. 1751–1758
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
September 1999
DOI
10.1161/01.str.30.9.1751
ISSN
0039-2499