Long-term outcome after angioplasty and stenting for symptomatic vertebral artery stenosis compared with medical treatment in the Carotid And Vertebral Artery Transluminal Angioplasty Study (CAVATAS): A randomized trial

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1526-1530

  Coward, Lucy J ^a   McCabe, Dominick J H ^b   Ederle, Joerg ^a   Featherstone, Roland L ^a   Clifton, Andrew ^c   Brown, Martin M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Randomized trial; Stents; Stroke prevention; Vertebral artery stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STENT; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 34247628952     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.106.471862     Document Type: Article

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