Is there any benefit from staged carotid and coronary revascularization using carotid stents? A single-center experience highlights the need for a randomized controlled trial

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 435-439

  Randall, Marc S ^a   McKevitt, Fiona M ^a   Cleveland, Trevor J ^b   Gaines, Peter A ^b   Venables, Graham S ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac bypass; Carotid endarterectomy; Stents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; STROKE; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART VALVE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIALS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644855629     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000198876.32450.a7     Document Type: Article

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