Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 1431-1441 , December 2008

Long-term results of carotid artery stenting

Presented at the 2007 Vascular Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Md, Mar 21-24, 2007.

  • Gianmarco de Donato, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Gianmarco de Donato, MD, Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of Siena, Viale Bracci 1, 53100 Siena, Italy
    • ,
  • Carlo Setacci, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
    • ,
  • Koen Deloose, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, AZ St-Blasius, Dendermonde, Belgium
    • ,
  • Patrick Peeters, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery of the Imelda Hospital in Bonheiden, Bonheiden, Belgium
    • ,
  • Alberto Cremonesi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Interventional Cardio-Angiology Unit, Villa Maria Cecilia Hospital, Cotignola, Italy
    • ,
  • Marc Bosiers, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, AZ St-Blasius, Dendermonde, Belgium

Received 24 April 2008 ,Accepted 3 July 2008.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(08)01147-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.07.012

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 1431-1441 , December 2008

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