Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 1 , Pages 4-10 , January 2009

Supra-aortic vessels aneurysms: Diagnosis and prompt intervention

  • Marcelo Cury, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Roy K. Greenberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Roy K. Greenberg, MD, S40, Department of Vascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195
    • ,
  • Jose P. Morales, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Walid Mohabbat, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Adrian V. Hernandez, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Received 19 June 2008 ,Accepted 27 August 2008.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(08)01449-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.08.088

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 1 , Pages 4-10 , January 2009

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