Carotid artery stenting: First consensus document of the ICCS-SPREAD joint committee

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2400-2409

  Cremonesi, Alberto ^a,b,c,o   Setacci, Carlo ^a,f,g   Bignamini, Angelo ^a   Bolognese, Leonardo ^a,b,c   Briganti, Francesco ^a,d,e   Di Sciascio, Germano ^a,h,i   Inzitari, Domenico ^a,j,k   Lanza, Gaetano ^a,f,g   Lupattelli, Luciano ^a,l,m   Mangiafico, Salvatore ^a,d,e   Pratesi, Carlo ^a,f,g   Reimers, Bernard ^a,n   Ricci, Stefano ^a   De Donato, Gianmarco ^a,f,g   Ugolotti, Ugo ^a,l,m   Zaninelli, Augusto ^a   Gensini, Gian Franco ^a,p  

^a Stroke Prevention and Educational Awareness Diffusion ^*  (Italy)

^b Società Italiana di Cardiologia Interventistica   (Italy)

^c Italian Society of Interventional Cardiology   (Italy)

^d Associazione Italiana di NeuroRadiologia

^e National Association of Neuroradiology

^f Società Italiana di Chirurgia Vascolare e Endovascolare

^g Italian Society of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery   (Italy)

^h Società Italiana di Cardiologia   (Italy)

ⁱ Italian Society of Cardiology   (Italy)

^j Società Italiana di Neurologia

^k Italian Society of Neurology   (Italy)

^l Società Italiana di Radiologia Medica

^m Italian Society of Medical Radiology   (Italy)

ⁿ ANMCO RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^o MARIA CECILIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^p CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Consensus statement

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPETENCE; DEVICE; EMBOLISM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; STENT;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; HUMANS; ITALY; STENTS;

EID: 33748416652     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000236101.09480.b7     Document Type: Article

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