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

A. L. Abbott; M. A. Adelman; A. V. Alexandrov; H. J.M. Barnett; J. Beard; P. Bell; M. Björck; D. Blacker; C. J. Buckley; R. P. Cambria; A. J. Comerota; E. S. Connolly; A. H. Davies; H. H. Eckstein; R. Faruqi; G. Fraedrich; P. Gloviczki; G. J. Hankey; R. E. Harbaugh; E. Heldenberg; S. J. Kittner; T. J. Kleinig; D. P. Mikhailidis; W. S. Moore; R. Naylor; A. Nicolaides; K. I. Paraskevas; D. M. Pelz; J. W. Prichard; G. Purdie; J. B. Ricco; T. Riles; P. Rothwell; P. Sandercock; H. Sillesen; J. D. Spence; F. Spinelli; A. Tan; A. Thapar; F. J. Veith; W. Zhou

doi:10.1016/j.ejvs.2011.12.006

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

A. L. Abbott
, M. A. Adelman
, A. V. Alexandrov
, H. J.M. Barnett
, J. Beard
, P. Bell
, M. Björck
, D. Blacker
, C. J. Buckley
, R. P. Cambria
, A. J. Comerota
, E. S. Connolly
, A. H. Davies
, H. H. Eckstein
, R. Faruqi
, G. Fraedrich
, P. Gloviczki
, G. J. Hankey
, R. E. Harbaugh
, E. Heldenberg

S. J. Kittner, T. J. Kleinig, D. P. Mikhailidis, W. S. Moore, R. Naylor, A. Nicolaides, K. I. Paraskevas, D. M. Pelz, J. W. Prichard, G. Purdie, J. B. Ricco, T. Riles, P. Rothwell, P. Sandercock, H. Sillesen, J. D. Spence, F. Spinelli, A. Tan, A. Thapar, F. J. Veith, W. Zhou

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	247-251
Number of pages	5
Journal	European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Volume	43
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2011.12.006
State	Published - Mar 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 (CMS) should not extend reimbursement indications for carotid artery angioplasty/stenting. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 43(3), 247-251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2011.12.006

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Why the United States Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) should not extend reimbursement indications for carotid artery angioplasty/stenting. / Abbott, A. L.; Adelman, M. A.; Alexandrov, A. V. et al.
In: European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vol. 43, No. 3, 03.2012, p. 247-251.

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