One-year clinical outcomes, midterm survival, and predictors of mortality after carotid stenting in elderly patients

Circulation

Volumn 119, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 2343-2348

  Chiam, Paul T L ^a,b   Roubin, Gary S ^a   Panagopoulos, Georgia ^c   Iyer, Sriram S ^a   Green, Richard M ^a   Brennan, Christina ^a   Vitek, Jiri J ^a  

^a LENOX HILL HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Carotid arteries; Revascularization; Stenosis; Stents; Stroke; Survival

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAROTID STENT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY STENT; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STENOSIS; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; AGE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66349121132     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.805465     Document Type: Article

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