Why the United States Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services should not extend reimbursement indications for carotid artery angioplasty/stenting

Anne L. Abbott; Mark A. Adelman; Andrei V. Alexandrov; Henry J.M. Barnett; Jonathan Beard; Peter Bell; Martin Björck; David Blacker; Clifford J. Buckley; Richard P. Cambria; Anthony J. Comerota; E. Sander Connolly; Alun H. Davies; Hans Henning Eckstein; Rishad Faruqi; Gustav Fraedrich; Peter Gloviczki; Graeme J. Hankey; Robert E. Harbaugh; Eitan Heldenberg; Steven J. Kittner; Timothy J. Kleinig; Dimitri P. Mikhailidis; Wesley S. Moore; Ross Naylor; Andrew Nicolaides; Kosmas I. Paraskevas; David M. Pelz; James W. Prichard; Grant Purdie; Jean Baptiste Ricco; Thomas Riles; Peter Rothwell; Peter Sandercock; Henrik Sillesen; J. David Spence; Francesco Spinelli; Aaron Tan; Ankur Thapar; Frank J. Veith; Wei Zhou

doi:10.1258/vasc.2011.201102

Why the United States Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services should not extend reimbursement indications for carotid artery angioplasty/stenting

Anne L. Abbott
, Mark A. Adelman
, Andrei V. Alexandrov
, Henry J.M. Barnett
, Jonathan Beard
, Peter Bell
, Martin Björck
, David Blacker
, Clifford J. Buckley
, Richard P. Cambria
, Anthony J. Comerota
, E. Sander Connolly
, Alun H. Davies
, Hans Henning Eckstein
, Rishad Faruqi
, Gustav Fraedrich
, Peter Gloviczki
, Graeme J. Hankey
, Robert E. Harbaugh
, Eitan Heldenberg

Steven J. Kittner, Timothy J. Kleinig, Dimitri P. Mikhailidis, Wesley S. Moore, Ross Naylor, Andrew Nicolaides, Kosmas I. Paraskevas, David M. Pelz, James W. Prichard, Grant Purdie, Jean Baptiste Ricco, Thomas Riles, Peter Rothwell, Peter Sandercock, Henrik Sillesen, J. David Spence, Francesco Spinelli, Aaron Tan, Ankur Thapar, Frank J. Veith, Wei Zhou

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-7
Number of pages	7
Journal	Vascular
Volume	20
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1258/vasc.2011.201102
State	Published - Feb 2012

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Abbott, A. L., Adelman, M. A., Alexandrov, A. V., Barnett, H. J. M., Beard, J., Bell, P., Björck, M., Blacker, D., Buckley, C. J., Cambria, R. P., Comerota, A. J., Connolly, E. S., Davies, A. H., Eckstein, H. H., Faruqi, R., Fraedrich, G., Gloviczki, P., Hankey, G. J., Harbaugh, R. E., ... Zhou, W. (2012). Why the United States Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services should not extend reimbursement indications for carotid artery angioplasty/stenting. Vascular, 20(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1258/vasc.2011.201102

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