Internal carotid artery stenting in patients over 80 years of age: Single-center experience and review of the literature

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-163

  Linfante, Italo ^a   Andreone, Vincenzo ^a   Akkawi, Nabil ^a   Wakhloo, Ajay K ^a  

^a BAPTIST CARDIAC AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Carotid stenosis; Elderly; Prevention; Stenting; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATROPINE; CLOPIDOGREL; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; HEPARIN; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; NITINOL; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; IPSILATERAL STROKE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; Q WAVE; RESTENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SELF EXPANDING STENT; STENT; STROKE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SYMPTOM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63149152772     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2008.00269.x     Document Type: Article

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