Does current practice in the United States of carotid artery stent placement benefit asymptomatic octogenarians

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 170-173

  Young, K C ^a   Jahromi, B S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651501888     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2253     Document Type: Review

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