title: Carotid endarterectomy: who is the high-risk patient?
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 01115, USA.
authors.forename: Louis L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Conte
authors.forename: Amy B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belkin
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D002423:Cause of Death; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018579:Patient Selection; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; D014481:United States