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Current Status of Carotid Stenting Versus Endarterectomy
Ali F AbuRahma1, Albeir Y Mousa2
1Vascular Laboratory, Vascular Surgery Fellowship and Residency Programs, Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Vascular Center of Excellence, 3110 MacCorkle Avenue, Southeast, Charleston, WV 25304, USA; Department of Surgery, West Virginia University, 3110 MacCorkle Avenue, Southeast, Charleston, WV 25304, USA.
Advances in Surgery
|August 14, 2016
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