Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 31-35 , January 2008

Profunda femoris artery aneurysms: Association with aneurysmal disease and limb ischemia

Presented at the Spring Meeting of the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society, Baltimore, Md, June 7-9, 2007.

Received 6 June 2007 ,Accepted 13 September 2007.

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 Competition of interest: none.

 CME article

PII: S0741-5214(07)01523-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.09.040

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 31-35 , January 2008

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