Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 1 , Pages 64-68 , July 2008

Endovascular treatment of arch and proximal thoracic aortic lesions

  • Shenming Wang, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Shenming Wang, MD, PhD, ACSF, No 58 Zhongshan 2nd Road, Guangzhou 510080, P. R. China.
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  • Guangqi Chang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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  • Xiaoxi Li, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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  • Zuojun Hu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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  • Songqi Li, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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  • Jianyong Yang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
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  • Wei Chen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
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  • Jiaping Li, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.

Received 6 September 2007 ,Accepted 8 February 2008.

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PII: S0741-5214(08)00260-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.02.010

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 1 , Pages 64-68 , July 2008

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