Internal carotid artery stent placement without emboli protection: results and long-term outcome.
Patients with symptomatic > or = 60% (n = 134), asymptomatic > or = 80% (n = 143), and asymptomatic progressive > or = 60% (n = 25) internal carotid artery stenosis underwent stenting and were followed clinically and by Doppler-assisted duplex imaging for 27.1 +/- 15.6 months. Stroke and death from stroke occurred within 30 days after stenting in 4.7% of the symptomatic and in 3.0% of the asymptomatic patients and in the follow-up period in 2.3% of the symptomatic and in 1.2% of the asymptomatic patients.
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Division of Neurology and Psychiatry, Linz General Hospital, Krankenhausstrasse 9, A-4020 Linz, Austria.
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Biberhofer
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Kerschner
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Kypta
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Bergmann
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Kaindlstorfer
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Röper
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Yazdi
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Engleder
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Hofmann
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Deibl
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Leisch
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Ransmayr
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D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D015984:Causality; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular; D006801:Humans; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018579:Patient Selection; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020521:Stroke / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013995:Time; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*