Carotid stent-supported angioplasty: A neurovascular intervention to prevent stroke

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 3 A, 1996, Pages 8-12

  Roubin, Gary S ^a,b   Yadav, Sanjay ^a   Iyer, Sri S ^a   Vitek, Jirri ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; STENT; STROKE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029817506     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00487-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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