Carotid artery stenting vs carotid endarterectomy: Meta-analysis and diversity-adjusted trial sequential analysis of randomized trials

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 172-184

  Bangalore, Sripal ^a,b   Kumar, Sunil ^g   Wetterslev, Jørn ^h   Bavry, Anthony A ⁱ   Gluud, Christian ^h   Cutlip, Donald E ^b,c   Bhatt, Deepak L ^d,e,f  

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

^b HARVARD CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^h Copenhagen University Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE INJURY; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; EMBASE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; STROKE;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENTS; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951522749     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2010.262     Document Type: Article

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