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Carotid artery stenting in patients with high neurologic risks
N Al-Mubarak1, G S Roubin, C R Gomez
1Department of Interventional Cardiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
The American Journal of Cardiology
|May 11, 1999
Abstract:
Forty-four patient with high neurologic risks (Mayo class IV) successfully underwent carotid artery stenting with combined major stroke and death rates of 4.5%. Late follow-up at a mean of 23 +/- 1.8 months showed 1 non-neurologic death, but no neurologic events or repeat stenting procedures.