European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 6 , Pages 637-643 , June 2008

What Practical Factors Guide the Choice of Stent and Protection Device during Carotid Angioplasty?

  • M. Bosiers

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, AZ St-Blasius, Dendermonde, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. M. Bosiers, Department of Vascular Surgery, AZ St-Blasius, Kroonveldlaan 50, 9200 Dendermonde, Belgium.
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  • K. Deloose

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, AZ St-Blasius, Dendermonde, Belgium
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  • J. Verbist

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Imelda Hospital, Bonheiden, Belgium
    • ,
  • P. Peeters

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Imelda Hospital, Bonheiden, Belgium

,Accepted 29 February 2008.

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☆ One of a series of articles edited by Prof. A. Ross Naylor, Leicester, UK.

PII: S1078-5884(08)00118-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2008.02.005

European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 6 , Pages 637-643 , June 2008

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