Urgent Carotid Endarterectomy Is Safe in Patients with Few Comorbid Medical Conditions
Bazan HA, Pradhan S, Westvik TS, Sumpio BE, Gusberg RJ, Dardik A. Urgent Carotid Endarterectomy Is Safe in Patients with Few Comorbid Medical Conditions. Annals Of Vascular Surgery 2008, 22: 505-512. PMID: 18462920, DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.12.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh perioperative mortalityUrgent carotid endarterectomyPerioperative mortalityComorbid medical conditionsCarotid endarterectomyCardiac complicationsMedical conditionsLower bed capacityElective carotid endarterectomyPerioperative cardiac complicationsPatient risk factorsRecords of patientsSubset of patientsMultivariable logistic regressionHigh-risk groupLarge treatment centreBed capacityLower ratesPerioperative strokePerioperative complicationsRenal insufficiencyUrgent admissionHospital factorsSymptomatic patientsRenal disease