Dual antiplatelet regime versus acetyl-acetic acid for carotid artery stenting

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 519-521

  Dalainas, Ilias ^a,b   Nano, Giovanni ^a   Bianchi, Paolo ^a   Stegher, Silvia ^a   Malacrida, Giovanni ^a   Tealdi, Domenico G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiplatelet agents; Carotid disease; Carotid stenting

Indexed keywords

ACETOACETIC ACID; HEPARIN; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLEEDING; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STENT; THROMBOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPIRIN; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744754693     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-005-5288-y     Document Type: Article

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