Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 828-835.e1 , October 2008

Functional outcome after thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair

Presented at the Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Eastern Vascular Society, Washington, DC, Sep 28-30, 2006.

Received 8 February 2008 ,Accepted 10 May 2008.

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 Supported in part by the Harold and June Geneen Vascular Research Fund.

 Competition of interest: none.

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

PII: S0741-5214(08)00775-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.05.018

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 828-835.e1 , October 2008

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