Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 52, Issue 6 , Pages 1511-1517 , December 2010

Eight-year experience with carotid artery stenting for correction of symptomatic and asymptomatic post-endarterectomy defects

Received 21 April 2010 ,Accepted 24 June 2010.

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 The editors and reviewers of this article have no relevant financial relationships to disclose per the JVS policy that requires reviewers to decline review of any manuscript for which they may have a competition of interest.

 Competition of interest: none.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.06.167

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 52, Issue 6 , Pages 1511-1517 , December 2010

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