Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 866-872 , April 2009

The effects of abdominal compartment hypertension after open and endovascular repair of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm

Presented as an abstract at the British Society of Endovascular Therapy, Solihull, United Kingdom, Jun 8, 2007.

Received 8 August 2008 ,Accepted 9 November 2008.

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 The Vascular Unit received an educational grant from Medtronic Inc.

 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(08)01956-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.11.027

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 866-872 , April 2009

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