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Research ArticleInterventional

When Is Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting the Cost-Effective Alternative for Revascularization of Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis? A Canadian Health System Perspective

M.A. Almekhlafi, M.D. Hill, S. Wiebe, M. Goyal, D. Yavin, J.H. Wong and F.M. Clement
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2014, 35 (2) 327-332; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3682
M.A. Almekhlafi
aFrom the Departments of Clinical Neurosciences (M.A.A., M.D.H., S.W., M.G., D.Y., J.H.W.)
eDepartment of Internal Medicine (M.A.A.), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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M.D. Hill
aFrom the Departments of Clinical Neurosciences (M.A.A., M.D.H., S.W., M.G., D.Y., J.H.W.)
bMedicine (M.D.H.)
cCommunity Health Sciences (M.D.H., S.W., F.M.C.)
dRadiology (M.G., M.D.H.), Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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S. Wiebe
aFrom the Departments of Clinical Neurosciences (M.A.A., M.D.H., S.W., M.G., D.Y., J.H.W.)
cCommunity Health Sciences (M.D.H., S.W., F.M.C.)
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M. Goyal
aFrom the Departments of Clinical Neurosciences (M.A.A., M.D.H., S.W., M.G., D.Y., J.H.W.)
dRadiology (M.G., M.D.H.), Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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D. Yavin
aFrom the Departments of Clinical Neurosciences (M.A.A., M.D.H., S.W., M.G., D.Y., J.H.W.)
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J.H. Wong
aFrom the Departments of Clinical Neurosciences (M.A.A., M.D.H., S.W., M.G., D.Y., J.H.W.)
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F.M. Clement
cCommunity Health Sciences (M.D.H., S.W., F.M.C.)
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American Journal of Neuroradiology Feb 2014, 35 (2) 327-332; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3682

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American Journal of Neuroradiology Feb 2014, 35 (2) 327-332; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3682
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