Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 43, Issue 2, Supplement , Pages A12-A19 , February 2006

US multicenter trials of endoprostheses for the endovascular treatment of descending thoracic aneurysms

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

  • Jae-Sung Cho, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jae-Sung Cho, MD, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Presbyterian University Hospital A101, 200 Lothrop St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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  • Shan-e-ali Haider, MD
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  • Michel S. Makaroun, MD

Received 19 October 2005 ,Accepted 23 October 2005.

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 Competition of interest: Dr Makaroun serves as consultant and research support for W.L. Gore and Associates and as a consultant for Cook and Medtronic.

PII: S0741-5214(05)01884-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2005.10.056

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 43, Issue 2, Supplement , Pages A12-A19 , February 2006

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