Guidelines for patient selection and performance of carotid artery stenting

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 538-545

  Bladin, Christopher ^a   Chambers, B ^a   New, G ^a   Denton, M ^a   Lawrence Brown, M ^a   Levi, C ^a   David Muller, D ^a   Davis, S ^a   Donnan, G ^a   Crimmins, D ^a   Frayne, J ^a   Phatouros, C ^a   Scroop, R ^a   Harrington, T ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Carotid stenosis; Guidelines; Stents; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUSTRALIA; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONSENSUS; CONSULTATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVASCULARIZATION; STENT; STROKE; VERTEBRAL ARTERIOGRAPHY;

EID: 70949105628     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2009.02120.x     Document Type: Article

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