Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 6 , Pages 1182-1187.e2 , December 2006

Patient-reported quality of life after abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery: A prospective comparison of endovascular and open repair

Received 23 January 2006 ,Accepted 4 August 2006.

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 Competition of interest: Dr Steinmetz has a consulting agreement with Medtronic of Canada as a clinical preceptor.Additional material for this article may be found online at www.jvascsurg.org.

PII: S0741-5214(06)01419-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.08.015

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 6 , Pages 1182-1187.e2 , December 2006

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