Is carotid artery stenting a fair alternative to carotid endarterectomy for symptomatic carotid artery stenosis? A commentary on the AHA/ASA guidelines

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 541-543

  Paraskevas, Kosmas I ^a   Veith, Frank J ^b,c   Riles, Thomas S ^b   Moore, Wesley 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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79961133935     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.05.052     Document Type: Article

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