Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 41-48 , July 2007

Restenosis after eversion vs patch closure carotid endarterectomy

Presented at the Thirty-third Annual Meeting of the New England Society for Vascular Surgery, Sep 22-24, 2006, Boston, Mass.

Received 13 December 2006 ,Accepted 22 February 2007.

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 Competition of interest: none.Supported in part by the Harold & June Geneen Vascular Research Fund.

PII: S0741-5214(07)00346-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.02.055

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 41-48 , July 2007

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