Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 1103-1111.e2 , December 2007

Neurologic complications associated with endovascular repair of thoracic aortic pathology: Incidence and risk factors. A study from the European Collaborators on Stent/Graft Techniques for Aortic Aneurysm Repair (EUROSTAR) Registry

Presented at the Sixty-first Annual Meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery, Baltimore, Md, Jun 7-10, 2007.

  • Jacob Buth, MD

      Affiliations

    • EUROSTAR Data Registry Center, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jacob Buth, MD, Department of Surgery, Catharina Hospital, PO Box 1350, 5602 ZA Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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  • Peter L. Harris, MD

      Affiliations

    • EUROSTAR secretariat, Royal Liverpool and University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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  • Roel Hobo, MSc

      Affiliations

    • EUROSTAR Data Registry Center, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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  • Randolph van Eps, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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  • Philippe Cuypers, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Lucien Duijm, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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  • Xander Tielbeek, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

Received 21 June 2007 ,Accepted 10 August 2007.

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 CME article

PII: S0741-5214(07)01348-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.08.020

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 1103-1111.e2 , December 2007

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