Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 40, Issue 1 , Pages 161-163 , July 2004

Repair of a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm in the presence of a left-sided inferior vena cava

  • Joseph S Giglia, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Joseph S. Giglia, MD, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, MSB, Ste 2361, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0558, USA
    • ,
  • J.Keith Thompson, DO

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Received 21 October 2003 ,Accepted 27 February 2004.

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☆ Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(04)00385-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2004.02.045

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 40, Issue 1 , Pages 161-163 , July 2004

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