Current evidence for carotid endarterectomy and carotid artery stenting

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 636-642

  Roffi, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPYRIDAMOLE;

ALGORITHM; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY STENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENT THROMBOSIS; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; STENT;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; STENTS;

EID: 77950549542     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2009.169151     Document Type: Review

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3. ▶ Important consensus document on CAS, and also an excellent review.
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5. ▶ Randomised trial of CAS vs CEA in high surgical risk patients.
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7. ▶ Randomised trial of carotid angioplasty vs CEA in symptomatic patients.
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9. ▶ Randomised trial of CAS vs CEA in symptomatic patients.
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11. ▶ Randomised trial of CAS vs CEA in symptomatic patients.
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13. ▶ Cochrane meta-analysis of the CAS vs CEA randomised trials.
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15. ▶ Guidelines of the American Heart Association on CEA.
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17. ▶ Most recent large scale high quality registries showing CAS results in the range of the guideline limits for CEA.