Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Page 475 , February 2010

Symptomatic, acute aortocaval fistula complicating an infrarenal aortic aneurysm

  • William C. Pevec, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, Calif
    • ,
  • Eugene S. Lee, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, Calif
    • ,
  • Ramit Lamba, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, Calif

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 Competition of interest: none.

 The editors and reviewers of this article have no relevant financial relationships to disclose per the JVS policy that requires reviewers to decline review of any manuscript for which they may have a competition of interest.

PII: S0741-5214(09)00796-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.03.053

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Page 475 , February 2010

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