Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 881-885 , April 2009

Natural history of the common iliac artery in the presence of an abdominal aortic aneurysm

  • Toby Richards, BSc, MBBS, FRCS, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Toby Richards, RCS, MD, St. Vincents Hospital, Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, Melbourne 3068, Australia
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  • Asela Dharmadasa, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  • Rachael Davies, BSc, MSc, AVS

      Affiliations

    • Oxford Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, Churchill Hospital Campus, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  • Michael Murphy, MBBS, MD, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  • Rafael Perera, BA, MSc, Dphil

      Affiliations

    • Oxford Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, Churchill Hospital Campus, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  • Jackie Walton, BSc, AVS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Imaging, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Received 12 July 2008 ,Accepted 7 November 2008.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(08)01954-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.11.025

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 881-885 , April 2009

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