EJVES Extra
Volume 11, Issue 6 , Pages 103-106 , June 2006

Angioplasty and Stenting of Basilar Artery

  • M. Ghasemi

      Affiliations

    • Invasive Cardiology Department, Sasan General Hospital, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • S.H. Fesharaki

      Affiliations

    • Neurology Department, Sasan General Hospital, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • M. Sanatkar

      Affiliations

    • Invasive Cardiology Department, Sasan General Hospital, Tehran, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Dr Mehdi Sanatkar, Invasive Cardiology Department, Imam Khomeini Medical Center, Sasan General Hospital, Bulvd. Keshavarz, Tehran, Iran.

,Accepted 16 January 2006.

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PII: S1533-3167(06)00049-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2006.01.047

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