Results of carotid artery stenting with distal embolic protection with improved systems: Protected Carotid Artery Stenting in Patients at High Risk for Carotid Endarterectomy (PROTECT) trial - Matsumura, Jon S.; Gray, William; Chaturvedi, Seemant; Yamanouchi, Dai; Peng, Lei; Verta, Patrick (Journal of vascular surgery, 2012)
Keywords: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Angioplasty - methods; Angioplasty - mortality; Biological and medical sciences; Carotid Stenosis - diagnostic imaging; Carotid Stenosis - mortality; Carotid Stenosis - surgery; Carotid Stenosis - therapy; Cause of Death; Embolic Protection Devices - utilization; Endarterectomy, Carotid - methods; Endarterectomy, Carotid - mortality; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Neurology; Patient Selection; Prospective Studies; Radiography; Risk Assessment; Stents; Surgery; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Survival Rate; Thromboembolism - prevention & control; Treatment Outcome; Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system; Vascular surgery: aorta, extremities, vena cava. Surgery of the lymphatic vessels; Human; Cardiovascular disease; Endarteriectomy; Carotid; Surgery; Risk factor