Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 714-723 , April 2008

Short and midterm results with minimally invasive endovascular repair of acute and chronic thoracic aortic pathology

Presentation of this manuscript supported by the Goldberg Family Charitable Trust. Presented at the Twenty-second Annual Meeting of the Western Vascular Society, Kona, Hawaii, Sept 9, 2007.

Received 12 September 2007 ,Accepted 1 December 2007.

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 Competition of interest: Mark K. Eskandari serves as a consultant to W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc, Abbott Vascular, Cordis, and Boston Scientific. Mark D. Morasch serves as a consultant to W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc, Cook Inc, and Medtronic. Jon S. Matsumura serves/served as a consultant to W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc, Cook Inc, and Medtronic.

PII: S0741-5214(07)01963-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.12.003

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 714-723 , April 2008

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