Commentary on "Carotid artery stenting will replace carotid endarterectomy"
1Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, and Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. plin@bcm.edu
Perspectives in Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
|October 4, 2007
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