Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 451-460 , March 2007

Carbon dioxide digital subtraction angiography–assisted endovascular aortic aneurysm repair in the azotemic patient

Presented at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting of the Western Vascular Society, La Jolla, Calif, Sept 16-19, 2006.

Received 18 September 2005 ,Accepted 3 November 2006.

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 Competition of interest: none.

 CME article

PII: S0741-5214(06)02061-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.11.017

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 451-460 , March 2007