Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 6 , Pages 1195-1202 , June 2008

Surgical correction of failed thoracic endovascular aortic repair

  • Stephan Langer, MD

      Affiliations

    • European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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  • Gottfried Mommertz, MD

      Affiliations

    • European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
    • ,
  • Thomas A. Koeppel, MD

      Affiliations

    • European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
    • ,
  • Geert W.H. Schurink, MD

      Affiliations

    • European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
    • ,
  • Rüdiger Autschbach, MD

      Affiliations

    • European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
    • ,
  • Michael J. Jacobs, MD

      Affiliations

    • European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
    • European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Michael Jacobs, MD, University Hospital Aachen, Department of Vascular Surgery, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany.

Received 18 October 2007 ,Accepted 2 January 2008.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(08)00014-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.01.003

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 6 , Pages 1195-1202 , June 2008

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