Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 21, Issue 7 , Pages 983-988 , July 2010

One-year Cognitive Outcomes Associated with Carotid Artery Stent Placement

  • Rodney D. Raabe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital, West 101 8th Avenue, Spokane, WA 99204, 101 West 8th Avenue, Spokane, WA 99204
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to R.D.R.
    • ,
  • Robert B. Burr, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital, West 101 8th Avenue, Spokane, WA 99204, 101 West 8th Avenue, Spokane, WA 99204
    • ,
  • Robert Short, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Providence Medical Research Center, Providence Sacred Heart Hospital, Spokane, Washington

Received 23 October 2009 ,Revised 9 March 2010 ,Accepted 12 March 2010.

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 None of the authors have identified a conflict of interest.

 From the SIR 2006 Annual Meeting.

PII: S1051-0443(10)00318-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2010.03.011

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 21, Issue 7 , Pages 983-988 , July 2010

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