Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 4 , Pages 725-730 , October 2006

Do device characteristics impact outcome in carotid artery stenting?

Presented at the Sixtieth Annual Meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery, Philadelphia, Penn, June 1-4, 2006.

  • Joseph P. Hart, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, AZ St-Blasius, Dendermonde, Belgium
    • Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
    • Joseph P. Hart, MD was the recipient of a Marco Polo Scholarship from the Society for Vascular Surgery during the preparation of this article.
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  • Patrick Peeters, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Imelda Hospital, Bonheiden, Belgium
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  • Jurgen Verbist, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Imelda Hospital, Bonheiden, Belgium
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  • Koen Deloose, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, AZ St-Blasius, Dendermonde, Belgium
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  • Marc Bosiers, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, AZ St-Blasius, Dendermonde, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Marc Bosiers, MD, Department of Vascular Surgery, AZ St-Blasius Kroonveldlaan 50, 9200 Dendermonde, Belgium.

Received 7 April 2006 ,Accepted 22 June 2006.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(06)01148-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.06.029

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 4 , Pages 725-730 , October 2006

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