Randomized trial of stent versus surgery for asymptomatic carotid stenosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 374, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1011-1020

  Rosenfield, Kenneth ^a   Matsumura, Jon S ^b   Chaturvedi, Seemant ^c   Riles, Tom ^d   Ansel, Gary M ^e   Metzger, D Chris ^f   Wechsler, Lawrence ^g   Jaff, Michael R ^a   Gray, William ^h  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Ohio Health Work Health   (United States)

^f Wellmont Cardiovascular Asso Heart Institute   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Main Line Health Heart Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID STENOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; STROKE;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ANTICOAGULANTS; CAROTID STENOSIS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84959562493     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1515706     Document Type: Article

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