Carotid artery stenting is safe and associated with comparable outcomes in men and women

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 315-324

  Goldstein, Lee J ^a   Khan, Habib U ^a   Sambol, Elliot B ^a   Kent, K Craig ^b   Faries, Peter L ^a   Vouyouka, Ageliki G ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BRAIN PROTECTION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STENT; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CAROTID STENOSIS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; STENTS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 59649117584     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.08.110     Document Type: Article

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