Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 561-570 , September 2008

Simultaneous sizing and preoperative risk stratification for thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair: Role of gated computed tomography

  • Felix J.V. Schlösser, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Vascular Surgery, Yale University, New Haven, Conn
    • ,
  • Hamid R. Mojibian, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Yale University, New Haven, Conn
    • ,
  • Alan Dardik, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Vascular Surgery, Yale University, New Haven, Conn
    • ,
  • Hence J.M. Verhagen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Frans L. Moll, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Utrecht Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Bart E. Muhs, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Vascular Surgery, Yale University, New Haven, Conn
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Bart E. Muhs, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Co-Director of Endovascular Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, Section of Vascular Surgery, 333 Cedar St, FMB-137, New Haven, CT 06510

Received 4 February 2008 ,Accepted 24 April 2008.

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PII: S0741-5214(08)00699-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.04.055

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 561-570 , September 2008

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