Optimal contemporary management of symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis

Vascular

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 117-120

  Paraskevas, Kosmas I ^a   Mikhailidis, Dimitri P ^b   Moore, Wesley S ^c   Veith, Frank J ^d,e  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Best medical treatment; Carotid artery stenosis; Carotid artery stenting; Carotid endarterectomy; Symptomatic

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ASYMPTOMATIC CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ASYPMTOMATIC CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STROKE; SYPMTOMATIC CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMPLICATION; PATIENT SELECTION; STENT; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; STENTS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 83455229674     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/vasc.2011.cm0008     Document Type: Note

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