Urgent carotid surgery and stenting may be safe after systemic thrombolysis for stroke

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 776-780

  Koraen Smith, Linn ^a   Troëng, Thomas ^b,c   Björck, Martin ^c   Kragsterman, Björn ^c   Wahlgren, Carl Magnus ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b BLEKINGE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carotid; Endarterectomy; Stroke; Thrombolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE INJURY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERY ELDERLY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; ENDARTERECTOMY; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT;

CAROTID; ENDARTERECTOMY; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; COHORT STUDIES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 84899141735     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.003763     Document Type: Review

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