Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 662-668 , October 2007

Blunt thoracic aortic injury: A single institution comparison of open and endovascular management

Received 20 February 2007 ,Accepted 31 May 2007.

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 Competition of interest: Oren K. Steinmetz, MD, has a consulting agreement with Medtronic of Canada as a clinical preceptor.

PII: S0741-5214(07)00995-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.05.061

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 662-668 , October 2007

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