Long-term outcome of endovascular treatment versus medical care for carotid artery stenosis in patients not suitable for surgery and randomised in the carotid and vertebral artery transluminal angioplasty study (CAVATAS)

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Ederle, Jörg ^a   Featherstone, Roland L ^a   Brown, Martin M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenosis; Endovascular treatment; Randomised trial; Stenting; Stroke prevention

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; TICLOPIDINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; STENT; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRASOUND; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; STENTS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 65449117647     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000215936     Document Type: Article

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