Angioplasty and stenting for carotid artery stenosis: Indications, technique, results, and complications

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 83-99

  Lanzino, Giuseppe ^a,b,e   Fessler, Richard D ^a   Mericle, Robert A ^a,c   Wakhloo, Ajay K ^a,d   Guterman, Lee R ^a   Hopkins, L Nelson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Carotid artery stenosis; Complications; Endarterectomy; Stenting

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; TICLOPIDINE; UROKINASE;

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RESTENOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STENT; STROKE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034079972     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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