Risk of Stroke or Death Is Associated With the Timing of Carotid Artery Stenting for Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis: A Secondary Data Analysis of the German Statutory Quality Assurance Database

Risk of Stroke or Death Is Associated With the Timing of Carotid Artery Stenting for Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis: A Secondary Data Analysis of the German Statutory Quality Assurance Database

BackgroundSubgroup analyses from randomized trials indicate that the time interval between the neurologic index event and carotid artery stenting is associated with periprocedural stroke and death rates in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis. The aim of this article is to analyze whether this...

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Main Authors: Pavlos Tsantilas, Andreas Kuehnl, Michael Kallmayer, Christoph Knappich, Sofie Schmid, Thorben Breitkreuz, Alexander Zimmermann, Hans‐Henning Eckstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-04-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
amaurosis fugax
carotid stenosis
carotid stenting
cohort
nationwide
peri‐interventional outcome
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.117.007983

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