Why the United States Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) should not extend reimbursement indications for carotid artery angioplasty/stenting

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 247-251

  Abbott, A L ^a,b   Adelman, M A ^c   Alexandrov, A V ^d   Barnett, H J M ^e   Beard, J ^f   Bell, P ^g   Bjorck M ^h   Blacker, D ⁱ   Buckley, C J ^j   Cambria, R P ^k   Comerota, A J ^l   Connolly Jr , E S ^m   Davies, A H ⁿ   Eckstein, H H ^o   Faruqi, R ^p   Fraedrich, G ^q   Gloviczki, P ^r   Hankey, G J ^s   Harbaugh, R E ^t   Heldenberg, E ^u   Kittner, S J ^v   Kleinig, T J ^w   Mikhailidis, D P ^x   Moore, W S ^y   Naylor, R ^z   Nicolaides, A ^aa   Paraskevas, K I ^ab   Pelz, D M ^ac   Prichard, J W ^ad   Purdie, G ^ae   Ricco, J B ^af   Riles, T ^ag   Rothwell, P ^ah   Sandercock, P ^ai   Sillesen, H ^aj   Spence, J D ^e   Spinelli, F ^ak   Tan, A ^al   Thapar, A ⁿ   Veith, F J ^am   Zhou, W ^an   more..

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^k MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l TOLEDO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^m Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

ⁿ CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^o TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^p STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^q INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^r MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^s ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^t PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^v UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^x ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^y UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^z LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^aa IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^ab KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^ad YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ae QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^af UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^ag NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^ai WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^al Queen Elizabeth and Lyell McEwin Hospitals   (Australia)

^am CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^an STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; DEATH; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; STROKE;

ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID STENOSIS; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; STROKE;

EID: 84858080076     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2011.12.006     Document Type: Letter

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