Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 3 , Pages 534-541 , September 2009

Clinical success using patient-oriented outcome measures after lower extremity bypass and endovascular intervention for ischemic tissue loss

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery, Tucson, Ariz, January 14-17, 2009.

Received 21 January 2009 ,Accepted 17 March 2009.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(09)00683-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.03.030

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 3 , Pages 534-541 , September 2009

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