Outcomes after carotid artery stenting and endarterectomy in the medicare population

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2019-2025

  Wang, Fen Wei ^a   Esterbrooks, Dennis ^a   Kuo, Yong Fang ^b   Mooss, Aryan ^a   Mohiuddin, Syed M ^a   Uretsky, Barry F ^c  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY CARDIAC CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

carotid artery stenting; carotid endarterectomy; stroke

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK; STENTS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959948778     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.608992     Document Type: Article

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