Endarterectomy, best medical treatment or both for stroke prevention in patients with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 126-133

  Cardona, Pedro ^a,b   Rubio, Francisco ^a   Martinez Yélamos, Sergio ^a   Krupinski, Jerzy ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Carotid stenosis, asymptomatic; Endarterectomy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDARTERECTOMY; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRASOUND;

CAROTID STENOSIS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; STROKE;

EID: 35748958096     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000107388     Document Type: Conference Paper

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