Recommendations for management of patients with carotid stenosis

Stroke Research and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lovrencic Huzjan, Arijana ^a   Rundek, Tatjana ^b   Katsnelson, Michael ^b  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; TICLOPIDINE; TRIFLUSAL;

AGING; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EXTRAINTRACRANIAL ANASTOMOSIS; HEADACHE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED CEREBRAL REACTIVITY; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; IRREGULAR AND ULCERATED PLAQUE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MICROEMBOLISM; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING CESSATION; STROKE; SYMPTOMATIC CAROTID STENOSIS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84862274042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20420056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/175869     Document Type: Review

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