Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 1-9 , January 2005

Endovascular treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysms: Results of the phase II multicenter trial of the GORE TAG thoracic endoprosthesis

Presented at the Vascular Annual Meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery 2004, Anaheim, Calif, June 5, 2004.

Received 26 June 2004 ,Accepted 11 October 2004.

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 Competition of interest: Dr Makaroun received a grant support from W.L. Gore and has acted as a consultant for W.L. Gore. S.T.K., G.S., E.C., J.B., D.W., and R.P.C. received grant support from W.L. Gore. R.S.M. received grant support from W.L. Gore and has acted as a consultant for W. L. Gore.

PII: S0741-5214(04)01485-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2004.10.046

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 1-9 , January 2005

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