Clinical referral patterns for carotid artery stenting versus carotid endarterectomy results from the carotid artery revascularization and endarterectomy registry

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-94

  Longmore, Ryan B ^a   Yeh, Robert W ^b   Kennedy, Kevin F ^a   Anderson, H Vernon ^c   White, Christopher J ^d   Longmore, Lance S ^a   Rosenfield, Kenneth ^b   Ho, Kalon K L ^e   Spertus, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d JOHN OCHSNER HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenting; Carotid stenosis; Carotid stenting; Endovascular surgery; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAS REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RESTENOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; STENTS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79954432933     PISSN: 19417640     EISSN: 19417632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.110.958843     Document Type: Article

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