Sirolimus-eluting stenting of the external carotid artery for the treatment of ocular ischemia

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 672-675

  Nussbaumer Ochsner, Yvonne ^a   Eberli, Franz R ^a   Baumgartner, Ralf W ^b   Landau, Klara ^a   Roffi, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drug eluting stents; External carotid stenosis; Ocular ischemia; Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; NITINOL; RAPAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CASE REPORT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OCULAR ISCHEMIC SYNDROME; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; STENT; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS;

ALLOYS; AMAUROSIS FUGAX; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; ISCHEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SIROLIMUS; STENTS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 33750987290     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/06-1809.1     Document Type: Article

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