Safety of unprotected carotid artery stent placement in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients: A retrospective analysis of 30-day combined adverse outcomes

Radiology

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 178-183

  Perona, Franco ^a   Castellazzi, Giorgio ^a   Valvassori, Luca ^b   Boccardi, Edoardo ^b   De Girolamo, Laura ^a   Cornalba, Gian Paolo ^c   Kandarpa, Krishna ^d  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; TICLOPIDINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CATHETER; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUIDE WIRE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN EMBOLISM; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 58149359757     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2493080057     Document Type: Article

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