Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 1095-1101 , June 2007

Total percutaneous access for endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (“Preclose” technique)

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the New England Society for Vascular Surgery, Boston, Mass, Sep 22-24, 2006.

Received 12 November 2006 ,Accepted 19 January 2007.

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 Competition of interest: none.CME article

PII: S0741-5214(07)00145-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.01.050

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 1095-1101 , June 2007