Older age and greater carotid intima-media thickness predict ischemic events associated with carotid-artery stenting

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 567-572

  Rosenkranz, Michael ^a   Thomalla, Götz ^a   Havemeister, Stefanie ^a   Wittkugel, Oliver ^a   Cheng, Bastian ^a   Krützelmann, Anna ^a   Fiehler, Jens ^a   Gerloff, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotid intima media thickness; Carotid artery stenosis; Carotid artery stenting; Cerebral embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STENT; SYMPTOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 78649462748     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319769     Document Type: Article

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