Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 10-16 , February 2003

Association of sex with perioperative mortality and morbidity after carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid stenosis

Presented in part at the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, New Orleans, LA, October 12-17, 2001.

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☆ Address reprint requests to Kyung W. Park, MD, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215. E-mail: kpark@caregroup.harvard.edu

PII: S1053-0770(02)47703-8

doi: 10.1053/jcan.2003.3

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 10-16 , February 2003

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