Is carotid artery stent placement a viable option for carotid artery stenosis in patients aged 80 years or greater?
Tummala
Ramachandra P
RP
Zeenat Qureshi Stroke Research Center and Minnesota Stroke Initiative, Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Qureshi
Adnan I
AI
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000601:surgery*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015607:Stents; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome