Carotid artery stenting in difficult aortic arch anatomy with or without a new dedicated guiding catheter: Preliminary experience

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1420-1428

  Barbiero, Giulio ^a,b   Cognolato, Diego ^a   Casarin, Andrea ^a   Stramanà, Rudi ^a   Galzignan, Elisa ^a   Guarise, Alessandro ^a  

^a StBassiano Hospital ULSS N3   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Radiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic arch anomalies; Carotid artery; Carotid artery disease; Neurointerventions; Stenting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; AORTIC ARCH SURGERY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CATHETER; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; STENTS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877156064     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2708-7     Document Type: Article

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