Carotid Artery Stenting: The Dust Has Not Yet Settled

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 14-15

  Almekhlafi, Mohammed A ^a,b   Morrish, William F ^a   Hill, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EMBOLIC PROTECTION DEVICE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 84890856632     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2013.09.011     Document Type: Editorial

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