Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 535-545.e3 , September 2008

The Powerlink system for endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: Six-year results

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

  • Grace J. Wang, MD
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  • Jeffrey P. Carpenter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jeffrey P. Carpenter, MD, 4 Silverstein HUP, 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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  • Endologix Investigators

Received 21 January 2008 ,Accepted 10 April 2008.

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

 Competition of interest: Dr Carpenter owns shares in Endologix, Inc.

PII: S0741-5214(08)00641-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.04.031

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 535-545.e3 , September 2008

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