Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 43, Issue 2, Supplement , Pages A48-A52 , February 2006

Endovascular management of thoracic aortic aneurysms. Preoperative imaging and device sizing

  • Panagiotis Kougias, MD
    • ,
  • Eric K. Peden, MD
    • ,
  • Alan B. Lumsden, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Alan B. Lumsden, MD, Professor and Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030.

Received 31 October 2005 ,Accepted 14 November 2005.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(05)02056-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2005.11.032

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 43, Issue 2, Supplement , Pages A48-A52 , February 2006

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