Steno-occlusive carotid artery disease in the setting of acute ischemic stroke: to stent or not to stent?

J Endovasc Ther. 2007 Jun;14(3):289-92. doi: 10.1583/06-2040C.1.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Angioplasty, Balloon / instrumentation*
  • Atherosclerosis / complications*
  • Atherosclerosis / pathology
  • Atherosclerosis / therapy
  • Brain Ischemia / complications*
  • Brain Ischemia / drug therapy
  • Brain Ischemia / etiology
  • Brain Ischemia / pathology
  • Brain Ischemia / therapy
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / pathology
  • Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / complications*
  • Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / pathology
  • Carotid Stenosis / complications*
  • Carotid Stenosis / etiology
  • Carotid Stenosis / pathology
  • Carotid Stenosis / therapy
  • Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Embolism / complications*
  • Intracranial Embolism / etiology
  • Intracranial Embolism / pathology
  • Intracranial Embolism / prevention & control
  • Patient Selection
  • Recombinant Proteins / therapeutic use
  • Stents*
  • Stroke / drug therapy
  • Stroke / etiology
  • Stroke / pathology
  • Stroke / therapy*
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator / therapeutic use
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Fibrinolytic Agents
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator