Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 728-732 , April 2001

Preprocedural risk stratification: Identifying an appropriate population for carotid stenting

Received 10 April 2000 ,Accepted 1 June 2000.

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☆ Competition of interest: nil.

☆☆ Reprint requests: Kenneth Ouriel, MD, FACS, Chairman, Department of Vascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Desk, Cleveland, OH 44195 (e-mail: ourielk@ccf.org ).

PII: S0741-5214(01)44017-1

doi: 10.1067/mva.2001.111981

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 728-732 , April 2001

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