Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 1 , Pages 80-87 , July 2008

Transfemoral endovascular treatment of proximal common carotid artery lesions: A single-center experience on 153 lesions

  • Tamás Mirkó Paukovits, MD

      Affiliations

    • Semmelweis University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Budapest, Hungary
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Tamás Mirkó Paukovits, MD, Semmelweis University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Varosmajor utca 68, Budapest, Hungary 1023.
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  • Judit Haász, MS

      Affiliations

    • Semmelweis University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Budapest, Hungary
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  • Andrea Molnár, MD

      Affiliations

    • Semmelweis University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Budapest, Hungary
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  • Zoltán Szeberin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Semmelweis University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Budapest, Hungary
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  • Balázs Nemes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Semmelweis University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Budapest, Hungary
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  • Dániel Varga, MD

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Budapest, Hungary.
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  • Kálmán Hüttl, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Semmelweis University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Budapest, Hungary
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  • Viktor Bérczi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Semmelweis University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Budapest, Hungary

Received 9 November 2007 ,Accepted 3 March 2008.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(08)00340-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.03.008

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 1 , Pages 80-87 , July 2008

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