No benefit from carotid intervention in fatal stroke prevention for >80-year-old patients

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 252-259

  De Rango, P ^a   Lenti, M ^a   Simonte, G ^a   Cieri, E ^a   Giordano, G ^a   Caso, V ^c   Isernia, G ^a   Cao, P ^b  

^a Hospital S M Misericordia   (Italy)

^b SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Carotid stenting; Octogenarians; Stroke fatality; Stroke prevention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK; STROKE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865482062     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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