Current status of carotid artery angioplasty and stent placement: Impact of recent clinical studies

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-28

  Rodriguez, Gustavo J ^a   Qureshi, Adnan I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; NITINOL;

ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTER; REVIEW; STENT; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38749135879     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-008-0005-2     Document Type: Review

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