Tapered Carotid Stents: An Essential Modification to Improve Carotid Artery Stenting Outcomes?

J Endovasc Ther. 2018 Dec;25(6):771-772. doi: 10.1177/1526602818805164. Epub 2018 Oct 9.

Authors

Kosmas I Paraskevas¹, Gert J de Borst², Hans-Henning Eckstein³

Affiliations

¹ 1 Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.
² 2 Department of Vascular Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands.
³ 3 Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Germany.

PMID: 30296888
DOI: 10.1177/1526602818805164

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Keywords: carotid artery stenting; complications; hemodynamic depression; length of stay; mortality; stents; stroke; tapered stent.

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MeSH terms

Carotid Arteries
Carotid Stenosis*
Humans
Prospective Studies
Stents
Treatment Outcome