Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 2 , Pages 263-268 , February 2007

Intraobserver and interobserver variability of 64-row computed tomography abdominal aortic aneurysm neck measurements

  • Nicolas Diehm, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical and Interventional Angiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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  • Ralph Kickuth, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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  • Brigitta Gahl, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
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  • Dai-Do Do, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical and Interventional Angiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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  • Jürg Schmidli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
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  • Henning Rattunde, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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  • Iris Baumgartner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical and Interventional Angiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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  • Florian Dick, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Florian Dick, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Freiburgstrasse, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.

Received 2 September 2006 ,Accepted 4 October 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.10.004

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 2 , Pages 263-268 , February 2007

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