Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 2 , Pages 351-354 , August 2008

Carotid endarterectomy with adjunctive cephalad carotid stenting: Complementary, not competitive, techniques

Presented at the Thirty-Fifth Annual Symposium of the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, Orlando, Fla, Mar 21-24, 2007.

Received 25 February 2008 ,Accepted 29 March 2008.

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 Competition of interest: none.

 CME article

PII: S0741-5214(08)00504-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.03.054

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 2 , Pages 351-354 , August 2008

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