Feasibility of carotid artery stenting in patients with angiographic string sign

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1104-1109

  Barker, Colin M ^a   Gomez, Jaime ^a   Grotta, James C ^a   Smalling, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Stenting; String sign

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DEATH; DEVICE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; RESTENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRING SIGN; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 77952788087     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.22433     Document Type: Article

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