Deferred Urgency Carotid Artery Stenting in Symptomatic Patients: Clinical Lessons and Biomarker Patterns from a Prospective Registry

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 644-651

  Setacci, C ^a   de Donato, G ^a   Chisci, E ^a   Setacci, F ^a   Stella, A ^b   Faggioli, G ^b   Reimers, B ^c   Cernetti, C ^c   Lopera Quijada, M J ^d   Cappi, B ^d   Sangiorgi, G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Mirano Hospital   (Italy)

^d ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

^e SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deferred urgency carotid artery stenting; Symptomatic carotid stenosis; Unstable carotid plaque; Vulnerability biomarkers

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD40 LIGAND; CLOPIDOGREL; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; HEPARIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID STENOSIS; CD40 LIGAND; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; ITALY; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN-A; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 43549126203     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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