Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 1040-1048 , November 2009

Comparative effectiveness of carotid arterial stenting versus endarterectomy

  • Peter W. Groeneveld, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pa
    • Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa
    • Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Peter W. Groeneveld, MD, MS, 1229 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
    • ,
  • Lin Yang, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa
    • ,
  • Alexis Greenhut, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa
    • ,
  • Feifei Yang, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa

Received 20 February 2009 ,Accepted 22 May 2009.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(09)01190-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.05.054

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 1040-1048 , November 2009

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