Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 63-73 , January 2008

Duplex ultrasound velocity criteria for the stented carotid artery

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery, VASCULAR 2007, Baltimore, Md, June 7-10, 2007.

  • Brajesh K. Lal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry–New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
    • Department of Physiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry–New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ
    • Division of Vascular Surgery, St Michaels Medical Center, Hoboken, NJ.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Brajesh K Lal, MD, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, 185 S Orange Ave, MSB H570, Newark, NJ 07103.
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  • Robert W. Hobson II, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry–New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
    • Department of Physiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry–New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
    • Division of Vascular Surgery, St Michaels Medical Center, Hoboken, NJ.
    • ,
  • Babak Tofighi, BA

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry–New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
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  • Indu Kapadia, PA

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, St Michaels Medical Center, Hoboken, NJ.
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  • Salvador Cuadra, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry–New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
    • Division of Vascular Surgery, St Michaels Medical Center, Hoboken, NJ.
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  • Zafar Jamil, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry–New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
    • Division of Vascular Surgery, St Michaels Medical Center, Hoboken, NJ.

Received 26 July 2007 ,Accepted 11 September 2007.

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 Competition of interest: none.

 Supported in part by grants to Dr Lal from the American Heart Association (RA5883), and the American College of Surgeons (105021), and to Dr Hobson from the National Institutes of Health (NS38384).

 CME article

PII: S0741-5214(07)01521-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.09.038

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 63-73 , January 2008

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