Our purpose was to review the current status of carotid artery stent placement throughout the world. Surveys were sent to major interventional centers in Europe, North and South America, and Asia. Information from peer-reviewed journals was also included and supplemented the survey. The survey asked
Global experience in cervical carotid artery stent placement
โ Scribed by Michael H. Wholey; Mark Wholey; Klaus Mathias; Gary S. Roubin; Edward B. Diethrich; Michel Henry; Steven Bailey; Patrice Bergeron; Gerry Dorros; Gustave Eles; Peter Gaines; Camilo R. Gomez; Bill Gray; Juan Guimaraens; Randal Higashida; David Sai Wah Ho; Barry Katzen; Antonio Kambara; Vijay Kumar; Jean C. Laborde; Martin Leon; Michael Lim; Hugo Londero; Juan Mesa; Alejandro Musacchio; Subbarao Myla; Steve Ramee; Adolfo Rodriguez; Kenneth Rosenfield; Noboyuki Sakai; Fayaz Shawl; Horst Sievert; George Teitelbaum; Jacque G. Theron; Prochazka Vaclav; Carlos Vozzi; Jay S. Yadav; Shin-Ichi Yoshimura
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 95 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1522-1946
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