Carotid-artery stenting in stroke prevention

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 363, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-82

  Davis, Stephen M ^a,b   Donnan, Geoffrey A ^b,c,d  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; ENDARTERECTOMY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954200392     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1005220     Document Type: Editorial

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