Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 461-466 , March 2007

Long-term outcome and reintervention after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair using the Zenith stent graft

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

Received 11 September 2006 ,Accepted 10 November 2006.

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 Competition of interest: Dr Chuter has licensed patents to Cook, Inc, the manufacturer of the Zenith stent graft.

PII: S0741-5214(06)02086-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.11.034

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 461-466 , March 2007