A clinical rule (sex, contralateral occlusion, age, and restenosis) to select patients for stenting versus carotid endarterectomy: Systematic review of observational studies with validation in randomized trials

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3394-3400

  Touzé, Emmanuel ^a,b   Trinquart, Ludovic ^a   Felgueiras, Rui ^c   Rerkasem, Kittipan ^d   Bonati, Leo H ^e,f   Meliksetyan, Gayané ^a   Ringleb, Peter A ^g   Mas, Jean Louis ^a   Brown, Martin M ^f   Rothwell, Peter M ^g,h,i  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b CHU CÔTE DE NACRE   (France)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^d HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^e Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid endarterectomy; Carotid stenosis; Carotid stenting; Meta analysis; Prevention; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENT; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COCHRANE LIBRARY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAROTID STENOSIS; CAROTID STENTING; META-ANALYSIS; PREVENTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DECISION MAKING; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STENTS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84889262737     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.002756     Document Type: Article

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