Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 2 , Pages 286-290 , August 2008

Incidence and significance of nonaneurysmal-related computed tomography scan findings in patients undergoing endovascular aortic aneurysm repair

Presented at the Twenty-first Annual Meeting of The Eastern Vascular Society, Baltimore, Md, Sep 27-29, 2007.

Received 4 February 2008 ,Accepted 31 March 2008.

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 Supported by a grant from the William J von Leibig Foundation.

 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(08)00507-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.03.057

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 2 , Pages 286-290 , August 2008

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