Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 45-51 , January 2008

Risk of Stroke for Carotid Endarterectomy Patients with Contralateral Carotid Occlusion

  • Winfried Maatz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, St.-Johannes-Hospital, Dortmund, Germany
    • Medical Faculty of the University of Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Winfried Maatz, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, St.-Johannes-Hospital Dortmund, Johannesstr. 9-19, D-44137 Dortmund, Germany
    • ,
  • Jens Köhler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, St.-Johannes-Hospital, Dortmund, Germany
    • ,
  • Spiridon Botsios

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, St.-Johannes-Hospital, Dortmund, Germany
    • Medical Faculty of the University of Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany
    • ,
  • Vincent John

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, St.-Johannes-Hospital, Dortmund, Germany
    • ,
  • Gerhard Walterbusch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, St.-Johannes-Hospital, Dortmund, Germany

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doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.07.034

Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 45-51 , January 2008

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