Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 752-759 , April 2008

Symptomatic acute occlusion of the internal carotid artery: Reappraisal of urgent vascular reconstruction based on current stroke imaging

Presented at the 2007 Vascular Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Md, Jun 6-10, 2007.

  • Barbara Theresia Weis-Müller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Vascular Surgery and Kidney Transplantation, University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Barbara Theresia Weis-Müller, University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf, Moorenstr 5, 40225 Düsseldorf.
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  • Rita Huber, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Vascular Surgery and Kidney Transplantation, University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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  • Asya Spivak-Dats, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Vascular Surgery and Kidney Transplantation, University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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  • Bernd Turowski, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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  • Mario Siebler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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  • Wilhelm Sandmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Vascular Surgery and Kidney Transplantation, University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Received 28 May 2007 ,Accepted 12 November 2007.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(07)01785-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.11.042

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 752-759 , April 2008

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