Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 23-29 , January 2007

Carotid Artery Aneurysms: Serbian Multicentric Study

  • Đorđe Radak, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Vascular Surgery Clinic, Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute, Belgrade, Serbia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Đorđe Radak, MD, PhD, Vascular Surgery Clinic, Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute, nh M. Tepića 1, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia
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  • Lazar Davidović, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Vascular Surgery Clinic, Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
    • ,
  • Vladimir Vukobratov, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Vascular and Transplant Surgery Clinic, Clinical Center, Novi Sad, Serbia
    • ,
  • Nenad Ilijevski, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Vascular Surgery Clinic, Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute, Belgrade, Serbia
    • ,
  • Dušan Kostić, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Vascular Surgery Clinic, Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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  • Živan Maksimović, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Vascular Surgery Clinic, Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute, Belgrade, Serbia
    • ,
  • Goran Vučurević, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Vascular Surgery Clinic, Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute, Belgrade, Serbia
    • ,
  • Slobodan Cvetkovic, MD, MrSc

      Affiliations

    • Vascular Surgery Clinic, Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
    • ,
  • Svetolik Avramov, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Vascular and Transplant Surgery Clinic, Clinical Center, Novi Sad, Serbia

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doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2006.10.004

Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 23-29 , January 2007

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