Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 733-738 , April 2008

Lessons learned from midterm follow-up of endovascular repair for traumatic rupture of the aortic isthmus

Presented at the Twenty-second Annual Meeting of the French Vascular Society Meeting, Lyon, France, June 6-8, 2007.

Received 23 July 2007 ,Accepted 6 December 2007.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(07)02021-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.12.008

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 733-738 , April 2008

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