Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 5 , Pages 1073-1082 , November 2008

Abdominal aortic coarctation: Surgical treatment of 53 patients with a thoracoabdominal bypass, patch aortoplasty, or interposition aortoaortic graft

Presented at the Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society Meeting 2007, Chicago, Ill, Sep 6-8, 2007.

Received 14 October 2007 ,Accepted 28 May 2008.

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 CME article

PII: S0741-5214(08)00927-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.05.078

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 5 , Pages 1073-1082 , November 2008

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