Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 530-536 , March 2008

Modification of outcomes by lowering ischemic events after reconstruction of extracranial vessels (MOLIERE): An internet-based prospective study to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of carotid endarterectomy

Presented at The Twenty-eighth Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Vascular Surgery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Sep 29-30, 2006.

  • Patrice Nault, MD

      Affiliations

    • Service de chirurgie vasculaire, Centre de santé et de services sociaux de Gatineau, Hôpital de Hull, University of Ottawa, Gatineau, Québec, Canada
    • Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
    • ,
  • Stéphane Elkouri, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Service de chirurgie vasculaire, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), Hôtel-Dieu, Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Stéphane Elkouri, MD, FRCSC, Service de chirurgie vasculaire, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, 3840 rue St-Urbain, Montreal, QC H2W 1T8, Canada.
    • ,
  • Véronique Daniel, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Service de chirurgie vasculaire, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), Hôtel-Dieu, Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • ,
  • Marie-Eve Blanchard, MD

      Affiliations

    • Service de chirurgie vasculaire, Centre de santé et de services sociaux de Gatineau, Hôpital de Hull, University of Ottawa, Gatineau, Québec, Canada
    • Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
    • ,
  • Karen Okrainec, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
    • ,
  • The Québec Vascular Outcome Research Team with Electronic eXpertise (Vortex)

Received 4 September 2007 ,Accepted 18 November 2007.

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 Competition of interest: none.

 This study was supported in part by the Société des sciences vasculaires du Québec, the Blair-Gore Research Award from the Canadian Society of Vascular Surgeons (CSVS), and the Association des chirurgiens vasculaires du Québec (ACVQ).

PII: S0741-5214(07)01894-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.11.047

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 530-536 , March 2008

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