Late outcomes after carotid artery stenting versus carotid endarterectomy: Insights from a propensity-matched analysis of the reduction of atherothrombosis for continued health (REACH) registry

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1091-1100

  Bangalore, Sripal ^a,c   Bhatt, Deepak L ^b,d   Röther, Joachim ^e   Alberts, Mark J ^f   Thornton, Julie ^g   Wolski, Kathy ^g   Goto, Shinya ^h   Hirsch, Alan T ⁱ   Smith, Sidney C ^j   Aichner, Franz T ^k   Topakian, Raffi ^k   Cannon, Christopher P ^b   Steg, P Gabriel ^l  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e University of Applied Sciences and Medical University   (Germany)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^k KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^l INSERM   (France)

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Author keywords

carotid arteries; endarterectomy; prognosis; stents

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PROPENSITY SCORE; REGISTER; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE;

EID: 77957269890     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.933341     Document Type: Article

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