- Abstract:
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OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the technical success of carotid artery stenting in acute extracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion as well as the benefit in clinical outcome. BACKGROUND: Stroke caused by acute occlusion of the ICA is associated with a significant level of morbidity and mortality. For this type of lesion, treatment with standard intravenous thrombolysis alone leads to a good clinical outcome in only 17% of the cases, with a death rate as hi...
Expand abstract - Publication status:
- Published
- Journal:
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology
- Volume:
- 58
- Issue:
- 23
- Pages:
- 2363-2369
- Publication date:
- 2011-11-05
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1558-3597
- ISSN:
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0735-1097
- URN:
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uuid:8c87bc8c-2b62-4bfc-8038-e524848c39eb
- Source identifiers:
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216459
- Local pid:
- pubs:216459
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Copyright date:
- 2011
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Carotid artery stenting in acute stroke.
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