Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 546-554.e2 , September 2008

Pivotal results of the Medtronic Vascular Talent Thoracic Stent Graft System: The VALOR Trial

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery, Baltimore, Md, June 6-9, 2007.

  • Ronald M. Fairman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ronald M. Fairman, MD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 3400 Spruce St, 4 Silverstein Pavilion, Department of Surgery, Philadelphia, PA 19104
    • ,
  • Frank Criado

      Affiliations

    • Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, Md
    • ,
  • Mark Farber, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
    • ,
  • Christopher Kwolek, MD

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass
    • ,
  • Manish Mehta, MD

      Affiliations

    • Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY
    • ,
  • Rodney White, MD

      Affiliations

    • Harbor–University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Torrance, Calif
    • ,
  • Anthony Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla
    • ,
  • J. Michael Tuchek

      Affiliations

    • Loyola University, Maywood, Ill
    • ,
  • VALOR Investigators

Received 3 December 2007 ,Accepted 29 March 2008.

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 Supported by Medtronic Vascular.

 Competition of interest: none.

 Additional material for this article may be found online at www.jvascsurg.org.

PII: S0741-5214(08)00511-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.03.061

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 546-554.e2 , September 2008

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