Safety and efficacy of carotid stenting
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Arthur Grant; Christopher White; Gary Ansel; Michael Bacharach; Christopher Metz
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract **Background**: Carotid artery stenting (CAS) has emerged as an alternative to carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in patients at high risk for complications from surgery. The very elderly (≥80‐year‐old) are one subgroup of patients identified as being at increased risk for carotid surgery. Ho