Is 75 years too old for carotid endarterectomy? Perioperative mortality and stroke risk rates in a series of 80 symptomatic and asymptomatic surgically treated patients.
Ballotta
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Section of Vascular Surgery, 1st Institute of General Surgery, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Italy.
Da Giau
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Saladini
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D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000601:surgery*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D004691:Endarterectomy; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D012307:Risk Factors