Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 821-827 , October 2008

Population-based outcomes of open descending thoracic aortic aneurysm repair

Presented at the Thirty-sixth Annual Symposium of the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, Las Vegas, Nev, Mar 5, 2008.

Received 4 March 2008 ,Accepted 11 May 2008.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(08)00779-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.05.022

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 821-827 , October 2008

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