Carotid endarterectomy is superior to carotid angioplasty and stenting for perioperative and long-term results

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 490-498

  Arya, Shipra ^a   Pipinos, Iraklis I ^b   Garg, Nitin ^c   Johanning, Jason ^b   Lynch, Thomas G ^b   Longo, G Matthew ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

carotid angioplasty and stenting; carotid artery disease; carotid endarterectomy; meta analysis; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; DEATH; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESTENOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENT; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051744676     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: 19389116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574411407083     Document Type: Article

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