Is carotid artery stenting a fair alternative to carotid endarterectomy for symptomatic carotid artery stenosis?

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 717-719

  Paraskevas, K I ^a   Veith, F J ^b,c   Riles, T S ^b   Moore, W S ^d  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenting; Carotid endarterectomyt; Symptomatic carotid artery stenosis

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CERVICAL SPINE; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LARYNGEAL NERVE; MORTALITY; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; RESTENOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPONDYLOSIS; STROKE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955972413     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2011.03.018     Document Type: Editorial

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