Proving the safety of carotid artery stenting: Now or never

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 757-760

  Roffi, Marco ^a   Cremonesi, Alberto ^b   Setacci, Carlo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Research Ettore Sansavini Health Science Foundation   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DISABILITY; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL RISK;

ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; EMBOLIC PROTECTION DEVICES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871267825     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: 15451550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/JEVT-12-3987E.1     Document Type: Editorial

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