Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 1136-1141 , June 2007

Report on initial experience with transradial access for carotid artery stenting

Received 20 December 2006 ,Accepted 13 February 2007.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(07)00322-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.02.035

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 1136-1141 , June 2007

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