Plea of the defence-critical comments on the interpretation of EVA3S, SPACE and ICSS

Neuroradiology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 601-610

  Fiehler, Jens ^a   Bakke, Søren Jacob ^b   Clifton, Andrew ^c   Houdart, Emmanuel ^d   Jansen, Olav ^e   Rüfenacht, Daniel ^f   Söderman, Michael ^g   Cognard, Christophe ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e UKSH Campus Kiel ^*  (Germany)

^f KLINIK HIRSLANDEN   (Switzerland)

^g KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

Carotid; Carotid endarteriectomy; Carotid stenosis; CAS; CEA; Interventional neuroradiology; Stent

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; TICLOPIDINE;

CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL VALIDITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEURORADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CAROTID ARTERY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STENT; SURGERY;

CAROTID ARTERIES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STENTS;

EID: 77955569280     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-010-0707-4     Document Type: Review

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