Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 1148-1154 , June 2007

The value of urgent carotid surgery for crescendo transient ischemic attacks

Presented at the Fifty-fourth International Congress of the European Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, Athens, Greece, May 19-22, 2005.

Received 7 November 2005 ,Accepted 6 February 2007.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(07)00291-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.02.005

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 1148-1154 , June 2007

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