Filter-protected versus unprotected carotid artery stenting: A randomised trial

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 282-289

  MacDonald, Sumaira ^a   Evans, David H ^b   Griffiths, Paul D ^c   McKevitt, Fiona M ^c   Venables, Graham S ^c   Cleveland, Trevor J ^d   Gaines, Peter A ^d  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d Sheffield Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid stenting; Cerebral protection; Filter; Randomised trial

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FILTER; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAS EMBOLISM; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 74249096130     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000275505     Document Type: Article

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