Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 694-700 , April 2007

Suprarenal fixation of endovascular aortic stent grafts: Assessment of medium-term to long-term renal function by analysis of juxtarenal stent morphology

Presented at the Northern Ireland Vascular Surgical Society Annual Meeting, Limavady, Sep 10, 2005 (Winner of Best Clinical Paper); The British Society of Interventional Radiology, Brighton, Nov 2-4, 2005; and The Society of Academic and Research Surgery, Edinburgh, Jan 11-13, 2006.

  • Mark E. O’Donnell, DSEM, MRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Mark E. O’Donnell, DSEM, MRCSEd, 42 Woodrow Gardens, Saintfield BT24 7WG UK.
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  • Zhonghua Sun, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging Science; and Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia.
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  • R. John Winder, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Research Institute, University of Ulster, Ulster, United Kingdom
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  • Peter K. Ellis, MRCP, FRCR

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Radiology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom
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  • Louis L. Lau, MD, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom
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  • Paul H. Blair, MD, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom

Received 10 September 2006 ,Accepted 8 December 2006.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(06)02252-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.12.017

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 694-700 , April 2007

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