Transcervical carotid stenting with dynamic flow reversal demonstrates embolization rates comparable to carotid endarterectomy

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 249-254

  Plessers, Maarten ^a,b   Van Herzeele, Isabelle ^b   Hemelsoet, Dimitri ^b   Patel, Nikil ^c   Chung, Emma M L ^c   Vingerhoets, Guy ^a   Vermassen, Frank ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenting; Carotid endarterectomy; Embolization; Flow reversal; Mortality; Stroke; Transcervical stenting; Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE INJURY; DISEASE DURATION; DISTAL FILTER PROTECTION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYNAMIC FLOW REVERSAL; EMBOLIC PROTECTION FILTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSCERVICAL CAROTID STENTING; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMBOLIC PROTECTION DEVICE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENT; STROKE; TIME FACTOR; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; EMBOLIC PROTECTION DEVICES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 84962752776     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: 15451550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1526602815626561     Document Type: Article

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