Does Carotid Stent Cell Design Matter?
Author(s) -
Martin Schillinger,
Manfred Gschwendtner,
Bernhard Reimers,
Johannes Trenkler,
L Stockx,
J Mair,
Sumaira Macdonald,
F. Karnel,
Kurt Huber,
Erich Minar
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.107.499145
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , odds ratio , stroke (engine) , stent , carotid stenting , surgery , cardiology , internal carotid artery , stenosis , carotid endarterectomy , mechanical engineering , engineering
Carotid stent cell design has recently been suggested to be a determinant of periprocedural and early postprocedural neurologic complications. We investigated the impact of closed- versus open-cell stent design on neurologic adverse events and mortality after carotid artery stenting.
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