Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 602-606 , March 2009

Open-cell versus closed-cell stent design differences in blood flow velocities after carotid stenting

Presented at the 2008 Vascular Annual Meeting, San Diego, Calif, Jun 5-8, 2008.

Received 29 July 2008 ,Accepted 5 October 2008.

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 This is study was supported in part by Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant UL1-RR024982.

 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(08)01763-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.10.016

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 602-606 , March 2009

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