Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 27-31 , January 2003

The prevalence and natural history of aortic aneurysms in heart and abdominal organ transplant patients

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

Received 18 June 2002 ,Accepted 12 September 2002.

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☆ Supported by the Pacific Vascular Research Foundation (MJE) and the American Heart Association, Northwest Affiliate (AHW).

☆☆ Competition of interest: nil.

★ Reprint requests: R. Eugene Zierler, MD, University of Washington, Department of Surgery, Box 356410, Seattle, WA 98195-6410 (e-mail: gzierler@u.washington.edu).

★★ 0741-5214/2003/$30.00 + 0

PII: S0741-5214(02)75198-7

doi: 10.1067/mva.2003.57

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 27-31 , January 2003

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