Carotid angioplasty and stenting without protection devices: Safety and efficacy concerns - Single center experience

Clinical Neuroradiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 65-73

  Mansour, O Y ^a,b   Weber, J ^a   Niesen, W ^a   Schumacher, M ^a   Berlis, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Carotid stenosis; Embolism protection device; Endarterectomy; Stent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEATH; DYSPHASIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; SAFETY; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; STENTS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 80054946848     PISSN: 09397116     EISSN: 16156706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00062-011-0057-6     Document Type: Article

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