Clinical studies of carotid artery stenting: why don't they tell us what we need to know?
Mackey
William C
WC
Department of Surgery, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA. wmackey@tufts-nemc.org <wmackey@tufts-nemc.org>
D017130:Angioplasty / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012042:Registries; D012107:Research Design; D018570:Risk Assessment; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome