The current national criteria for carotid artery stenting overestimate its efficacy in patients who are symptomatic and at high risk

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 120-127

  Yoshida, Shunsuke ^a   Bensley, Rodney P ^a   Glaser, Julia D ^a   Nabzdyk, Christoph S ^a   Hamdan, Allen D ^a   Wyers, Mark C ^a   Chaikof, Elliot L ^a   Schermerhorn, Marc L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY STENT; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879418531     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.12.075     Document Type: Article

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