Critique of "stenting versus aggressive medical therapy for intracranial arterial stenosis" by Chimowitz et al in the new England journal of medicine

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 616-620

  Abou Chebl, Alex ^a   Steinmetz, Helmuth ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

angioplasty; intracranial stenosis; stent

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; ROSUVASTATIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; EARLY INTERVENTION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; STENT; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENTS; STROKE;

EID: 84856466971     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.641563     Document Type: Article

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