Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 208, Issue 6 , Pages 1124-1131 , June 2009

Metaanalysis of Procedural Stroke and Death among Octogenarians: Carotid Stenting versus Carotid Endarterectomy

Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Hypertension, Lipids, Diabetes and Stroke Prevention, Czechoslovakia, Prague, March 2008.

  • Asad A. Usman, BS
    • ,
  • Gale L. Tang, MD
    • ,
  • Mark K. Eskandari, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Mark K Eskandari, MD, Division of Vascular Surgery, Northwestern University, 201 East Huron Street, Galter 10–105, Chicago, IL 60611

Received 5 January 2009 ,Revised 6 February 2009 ,Accepted 9 February 2009.

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 Disclosure Information: Dr Eskandari is a consultant and received honoraria from Cook, Cordis, Abbott Vascular Devices, Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Terumo, and WL Gore & Associates, Inc. All other authors have nothing to declare.

PII: S1072-7515(09)00203-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.02.043

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 208, Issue 6 , Pages 1124-1131 , June 2009

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