Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 451-454 , September 2003

Covered stents for injuries of subclavian and axillary arteries

Presented at the Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery, Tucson, Ariz, Jan 15-18, 2003.

  • Eleftherios S Xenos, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Eleftherios S. Xenos, MD, University of Tennessee, USA,Department of Surgery, 1924 Alcoa Hwy, Knoxville, TN, USA 37920-6999
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  • Michael Freeman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn, USA
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  • Scott Stevens, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn, USA
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  • David Cassada, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn, USA
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  • John Pacanowski, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn, USA
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  • Mitchell Goldman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn, USA

Received 17 February 2003 ,Accepted 31 March 2003.

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☆ Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(03)00553-6

doi: 10.1016/S0741-5214(03)00553-6

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 451-454 , September 2003

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