Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 378-385 , February 2009

The brachial artery: A critical access for endovascular procedures

Presented at the Thirty-third Annual Peripheral Vascular Surgical Society Meeting, San Diego, Calif, Jun 6, 2008.

  • Javier A. Alvarez-Tostado, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Mireille A. Moise, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • James F. Bena, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Mircea L. Pavkov, MD

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Daniel G. Clair, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Vikram S. Kashyap, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Vikram S. Kashyap, MD, The Cleveland Clinic, Department of Vascular Surgery, S40, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195

Received 24 June 2008 ,Accepted 11 September 2008.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(08)01601-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.09.017

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 378-385 , February 2009

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