Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 662-666 , April 2007

Anatomic exclusion from endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysm

Presented at the 2006 Annual Symposium of the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, Las Vegas, Nev, March 8-11, 2006.

Received 13 March 2006 ,Accepted 22 December 2006.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(07)00012-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.12.062

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 662-666 , April 2007

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