European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 34-40 , July 2008

How I Interpreted the Randomised Trials of Carotid Angioplasty/stenting versus Endarterectomy

  • Graeme J. Hankey

      Affiliations

    • Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia
    • School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Stroke Unit, Royal Perth Hospital, 197 Wellington Street, Perth 6001, Australia.

Received 2 April 2008 ,Accepted 2 April 2008.

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

PII: S1078-5884(08)00180-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2008.04.001

European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 34-40 , July 2008

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