Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 667-676 , April 2007

Contemporary results of open repair of ruptured descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms

Presented at the Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Eastern Vascular Society, Washington, DC, Sept 28-30, 2006.

Received 17 October 2006 ,Accepted 13 December 2006.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(06)02305-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.12.049

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 667-676 , April 2007

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