Carotid stenting without use of balloon angioplasty and distal protection devices: Preliminary experience in 100 cases

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1378-1383

  Maynar, M ^a   Baldi, Sebastián ^a,b   Rostagno, R ^a   Zander, T ^a   Rabellino, M ^a   Llorens, R ^a   Alvarez, J ^a   Barajas, F ^a  

^a HOSPITEN Rambla   (Spain)

^b Hospiten Rambla ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; RISK REDUCTION; STENT; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548181518     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0543     Document Type: Article

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