Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass Surgery for Stroke Prevention in Hemodynamic Cerebral Ischemia: The Carotid Occlusion Surgery Study Randomized Trial
Tom O. Videen, Harold P. Adams, William R. Clarke, Robert L. Grubb, William J. Powers, Colin P. Derdeyn, for the COSS Investigators
Abstract
Patients with symptomatic atherosclerotic internal carotid artery occlusion (AICAO) and hemodynamic cerebral ischemia are at high risk for subsequent stroke when treated medically.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineRandomized controlled trialBypass surgeryIschemiaHemodynamicsOcclusionStroke (engine)AnesthesiaSurgeryCardiologyArteryEngineeringMechanical engineeringCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery DiseasesNeurological Disease Mechanisms and TreatmentsAcute Ischemic Stroke Management