Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 190-196 , August 2007

Optimizing compliance, efficiency, and safety during surveillance of small abdominal aortic aneurysms

Presented at the Thirty-first Annual Meeting of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, Jan 17-20, 2007.

Received 14 January 2007 ,Accepted 13 March 2007.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(07)00514-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.03.038

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 190-196 , August 2007

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