Covered versus bare self-expanding stents for endovascular treatment of carotid artery stenosis: A stopped randomized trial

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 312-319

  Schillinger, Martin ^a   Dick, Petra ^a   Wiest, Gerald ^a   Gentzsch, Stephan ^a   Sabeti, Schila ^a   Haumer, Markus ^a   Willfort, Andrea ^a   Nasel, Christian ^a   Wöber, Christian ^a   Zeitlhofer, Josef ^a   Minar, Erich ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Covered stent; Microembolism; Self expanding stent; Stenosis; Stent

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATROPINE; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; SIMVASTATIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FILTER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STENTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 33751168057     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/06-1819.1     Document Type: Article

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