Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 788-794 , October 2008

Usefulness of the Hardman index in predicting outcome after endovascular repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms

Presented in part at the Seventeenth Congress of the European Chapter of the International Union of Angiology in conjunction with the Seventeenth Congress of the Mediterranean League of Angiology and Vascular Surgery, Nicosia, Cyprus, Apr 25-28, 2007.

Received 5 June 2007 ,Accepted 19 May 2008.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(08)00868-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.05.065

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 788-794 , October 2008

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