Carotid artery stenting versus surgery: adequate comparisons?

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 339-341

  Roffi, Marco ^a   Sievert, Horst ^b   Gray, William A ^c   White, Christopher J ^d   Torsello, Giovanni ^e   Cao, Piergiorgio ^f   Reimers, Bernhard ^g   Mathias, Klaus ^h   Setacci, Carlo ⁱ   Schönholz, Claudio ^j   Clair, Daniel G ^k   Schillinger, Martin ^l   Grunwald, Iris ^m   Bosiers, Marc ⁿ   Abou Chebl, Alex ^o   Moussa, Issam D ^p   Mudra, Harald ^q   Iyer, Sriram S ^r   Scheinert, Dierk ^s   Yadav, Jay S ^t   van Sambeek, Marc R ^u   Holmes, David R ^v   Cremonesi, Alberto ^w   more..

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b CardioVascular Center Frankfurt   (Germany)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^g Mirano Hospital   (Italy)

^h Teaching Hospital Dortmund   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^j MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^k LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^l MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^m UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ University of Louisville School of Medicine ^*  (Belgium)

^o University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^p WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^q Klinikum Neuperlach   (Germany)

^r LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^s Park Hospital   (Germany)

^t PIEDMONT HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^u CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^v MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^w MARIA CECILIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; DEATH; DEVICE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTION STUDY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STENT; STROKE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAROTID ARTERIES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STENTS; STROKE;

EID: 77949294717     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(10)70027-2     Document Type: Letter

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