Endarterectomy and stenting for asymptomatic carotid stenosis: A race at breakneck speed

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 2 PART 2, 2007, Pages 707-714

  Fayad, Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty and stenting; Asymptomatic carotid stenosis; Carotid endarterectomy; Carotid stenosis; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISABILITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; ISCHEMIA; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; REVASCULARIZATION; SCREENING TEST; STENT; STROKE; SURGICAL RISK; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULCER;

ANIMALS; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; STENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846652230     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000250047.01624.fd     Document Type: Conference Paper

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