Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 302-306 , February 2009

Spinal cord ischemia after TEVAR in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms

Presented at the Thirty-second Annual Meeting of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery, Naples, Fla, Jan 16-19, 2008.

  • Daniel J. Martin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla
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  • Tomas D. Martin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla
    • ,
  • Philip J. Hess, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla
    • ,
  • Michael J. Daniels, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla
    • ,
  • Robert J. Feezor, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla
    • ,
  • W. Anthony Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: W. Anthony Lee, MD, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, 1600 SW Archer Road, Suite NG-45, Post Office Box 100286, Gainesville, FL 32610-0286

Received 25 May 2008 ,Accepted 29 August 2008.

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 Competition of interest: none.

 CME article

PII: S0741-5214(08)01633-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.08.119

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 302-306 , February 2009

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