Stent-supported carotid angioplasty: Should it be done, and, if so, by whom? A 1998 perspective

Circulation

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 927-930

  Dorros, Gerald ^a  

^a ARIZONA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid angioplasty; Carotid endarterectomy; Stents

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENT; STROKE;

EID: 0032169286     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.98.9.927     Document Type: Review

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