Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 54-61 , January 2003

Postoperative duplex scan surveillance of axillofemoral bypass grafts

Presented at the Fiftieth Annual Meeting of the American Association for Vascular Surgery, Boston, Mass, Jun 9-12, 2002.

Received 6 June 2002 ,Accepted 3 September 2002.

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☆ Supported in part by grant # R01HL45267 NIH, NHLBI.

☆☆ Competition of interest: nil.

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doi: 10.1067/mva.2003.43

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 54-61 , January 2003

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