Have medical therapy and stenting been fairly compared? A repercussion upon termination of recruitment in the SAMMPRIS trial

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 312-314

  Leung, Thomas W ^a   Yu, Simon C H ^a   Wong, K S Lawrence ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Clinical trials; Intracranial atherosclerosis; Stenting

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL;

ANGIOPLASTY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORTALITY; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; STENT; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT;

ANGIOPLASTY; ASPIRIN; CAROTID STENOSIS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; STENTS; STROKE; TICLOPIDINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960209245     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2011.00634.x     Document Type: Article

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