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... Procedural Costs. Using microcosting data from the Calgary Health Zone, we selected a cohort of con- secutive patients with carotid stenosis who underwent carotid revascularization (2005–2007). Costs ... See full document

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... that developed 1 month after the endovascular recanalization of the occluded ICA, and Lin et al 16 described 1 pseudoaneu- rysm, 1 iatrogenic carotid cavernous fistula, and 1 cervical extravasation after their 54 ... See full document