Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 10-16 , January 2007

Randomized comparison of percutaneous Viabahn stent grafts vs prosthetic femoral-popliteal bypass in the treatment of superficial femoral arterial occlusive disease

Presented at the Sixtieth Annual Meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery, Philadelphia, PA, June 1-4, 2006.

Received 11 June 2006 ,Accepted 28 August 2006.

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 Competition of interest: This study was funded by grants provided by W.L. Gore & Associates, Flagstaff, Arizona.

PII: S0741-5214(06)01612-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.08.074

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 10-16 , January 2007

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