Carotid angioplasty and stent placement for the treatment of carotid stenosis: Past, present, and future

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-33

  Qureshi, Adnan I ^a   Qureshi, Zeenat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; STENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENTS;

EID: 33646160926     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2005.00001.x     Document Type: Article

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