Carotid stents: Unleashed, unproven

Circulation

Volumn 116, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1596-1601

  LoGerfo, Frank W ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAROTID STENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZATION; STENT;

ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID STENOSIS; DEVICE APPROVAL; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848852283     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.647271     Document Type: Article

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