Risk factors for cerebral embolization after carotid artery stenting with embolic protection: A diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging study in 837 consecutive patients

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 311-316

  Bijuklic, Klaudija ^a   Wandler, Andreas ^a   Varnakov, Yuriy ^a   Tuebler, Thilo ^a   Schofer, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenting; Cerebral embolic protection; DW MRI; Risk factors for cerebral embolization

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; COMORBIDITY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE PATIENT;

CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CEREBRAL EMBOLIC PROTECTION; DW-MRI; RISK FACTORS FOR CEREBRAL EMBOLIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA, THORACIC; CAROTID STENOSIS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EMBOLIC PROTECTION DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884475431     PISSN: 19417640     EISSN: 19417632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.112.000093     Document Type: Article

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