Carotid artery stenting: It's all about appropriate patient selection and keeping to the indications

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 783-786

  Paraskevas, Kosmas I ^a   Beard, Jonathan D ^a   Veith, Frank J ^b  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

carotid artery stenting; carotid endarterectomy; stroke; symptomatic

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENT; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAS REGISTRY; CENTRALIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MICROEMBOLISM; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CAROTID STENOSIS; PATHOLOGY; STENT; UNITED STATES;

CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903215880     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14779072.2014.921118     Document Type: Review

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