VAST: Vertebral artery stenting trial. Protocol for a randomised safety and feasibility trial

Trials

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Compter, A ^a   Van der Worp, H B ^a   Schonewille, W J ^b   Vos, J A ^b   Algra, A ^a,c   Lo, T H ^c   Mali, W P Th M ^c   Moll, F L ^c   Kappelle, L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTENOSIS; STENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

EID: 58149345206     PISSN: 17456215     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-9-65     Document Type: Article

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