Hofmann R,Niessner A,Kypta A,et al. Risk score for peri-interventional complications of carotid artery stenting. Stroke. 2006;37:2557-2561. Abstract: available at http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/ content/full/37/10/2557 Keywords: carotid stenting;complications;risk score

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