Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 669-675 , October 2007

Long-term durability of open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

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

Received 28 November 2006

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 Competition of interest: none.

 Supported in part by the Harold and June Geneen Vascular Research Fund.

PII: S0741-5214(07)00976-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.05.046

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 669-675 , October 2007

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