Carotid artery stenting compared with endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis (international carotid stenting study): A randomised controlled trial with cost-effectiveness analysis

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 1-94

  Featherstone, Roland L ^a   Dobson, Joanna ^b   Ederle, Jörg ^a   Doig, David ^a   Bonati, Leo H ^a,c   Morris, Stephen ^d   Patel, Nishma V ^d   Brown, Martin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENT; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANKIN SCALE; RESTENOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHITE MATTER LESION; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID STENOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; STENT; STROKE; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85027089110     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: 20464924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta20200     Document Type: Article

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