2011 ASA/ACCF/AHA/AANN/AANS/ACR/ASNR/CNS/SAIP/SCAI/SIR/SNIS/SVM/SVS Guideline on the Management of Patients With Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease

• DOI: 10.1161/str.0b013e3182112cc2
• Publication Date: 2011-02-01T01:52:42Z
• Authors: Thomas G. Brott; Jonathan L. Halperin; Suhny Abbara; J. Michael Bacharach; John D. Barr; Ruth L. Bush; Christopher U. Cates; Mark A. Creager; Susan B. Fowler; Gary Friday; Vicki S. Hertzberg; E. Bruce McIff; Wesley S. Moore; Peter D. Panagos; Thomas S. Riles; Robert H. Rosenwa...; Allen J. Taylor
• Keywords: Guideline; Stroke; Carotid stenting

It is essential that the medical profession play a central role in critically evaluating the evidence related to drugs, devices, and procedures for the detection, management, or prevention of disease. Properly applied, rigorous, expert analysis of the available data documenting absolute and relative