Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 493-497 , March 2007

Patient factors and operating room resuscitation predict mortality in traumatic abdominal aortic injury: A 20-year analysis

This study was presented at the 2007 Western Vascular Conference, San Diego, Calif, Sept 16-19, 2006.

Received 29 August 2006 ,Accepted 4 November 2006.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(06)02062-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.11.018

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 493-497 , March 2007

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