EJVES Extra
Volume 13, Issue 5 , Pages 66-68 , May 2007

Balloon Occlusion of the Internal Carotid Artery: A Successful Trial Prior to Arterial Ligation/Excision for an Infected Carotid Patch

,Accepted 13 December 2006.

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PII: S1533-3167(07)00005-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2006.12.002

EJVES Extra
Volume 13, Issue 5 , Pages 66-68 , May 2007

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