Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 543-550 , March 2009

Decrease in total aneurysm-related deaths in the era of endovascular aneurysm repair

Presented at the 2008 annual meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery, San Diego, Calif, Jun 5-8, 2008.

Received 3 June 2008 ,Accepted 6 September 2008.

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 Supported by the Harvard-Longwood Research in Vascular Surgery Program. National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant 5 T32HL007734 (NIH-NHLBI).

 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(08)01678-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.09.067

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 543-550 , March 2009

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