Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 6 , Pages 1409-1415 , June 2009

Original Excluder component overlap from proximal or distal extension during initial repair not correlated with aneurysm sac shrinkage

  • Gale L. Tang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill
    • Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash
    • ,
  • Mark F. Fillinger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Dartmouth, NH
    • ,
  • Jon S. Matsumura, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jon S. Matsumura, MD, Division of Vascular Surgery, Northwestern University, 676 N. Saint Clair Street, Suite 650, Chicago, IL 60611

Received 10 December 2008 ,Accepted 14 February 2009.

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 Competition of interest: Dr Fillinger has grant, research, or consulting relationships with W.L. Gore & Associates, Medtronic, and Preview M2S. Dr Matsumura has grant, research, or consulting relationships with W.L. Gore & Associates, Medtronic, Cook, Cordis, ev3, Lumen, Bard, and Abbott Vascular.

PII: S0741-5214(09)00491-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.02.209

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 6 , Pages 1409-1415 , June 2009

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