Carotid Artery Stenting With Proximal Cerebral Protection for Patients With Angiographic Appearance of String Sign

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 298-304

  Nikas, Dimitrios N ^a   Ghany, Mohammed Abdel ^a   Stabile, Eugenio ^b   Sorropago, Giovanni ^b   Saccá, Salvatore ^a   Favero, Luca ^a   Zakaryan, Narek ^c   Reimers, Bernhard ^a   Rubino, Paulo ^b  

^a Mirano Public Hospital   (Italy)

^b Clinica Montevergine   (Italy)

^c Bakoulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

carotid stenting; proximal protection; string sign

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 77949337664     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2009.11.018     Document Type: Article

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