Advancements in carotid stenting leading to reductions in perioperative morbidity among patients 80 years and older

Neurosurgery

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 233-239

  Villalobos, Hunaldo J ^a   Harrigan, Mark R ^a,b   Lau, Tsz ^a   Wehman, Christopher J ^a,c   Hanel, Ricardo A ^a   Levy, Elad I ^a   Guterman, Lee R ^a   Hopkins, L Nelson ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Carotid artery; Elderly; Embolic protection; Stent

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; TICLOPIDINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; STENT; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS;

EID: 32244446793     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000194832.96470.CD     Document Type: Review

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