Carotid artery stenting: Technical issues and role of operators' experience

Perspectives in Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 247-257

  Verzini, Fabio ^a   De Rango, Paola ^a   Parlani, Gianbattista ^a   Panuccio, Giuseppe ^a   Cao, Piergiorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenting; Carotid endarterectomy; Randomized clinical trails

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DOPAMINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY SPASM; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VOLUME; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PROTECTION; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY ANOMALY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; GUIDE WIRE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SKILL; STENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CAROTID STENOSIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENTS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 54249120365     PISSN: 15310035     EISSN: 15310027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1531003508323733     Document Type: Article

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