Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 3 , Pages 486-491.e4 , September 2009

Gender and 30-day outcome in patients undergoing endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR): An analysis using the ACS NSQIP dataset

Received 20 January 2009 ,Accepted 18 April 2009.

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 Competition of interest: Dr Minion is a consultant and has received honoraria from W.L. Gore and Associates.

 Additional material for this article may be found online at www.jvascsurg.org.

PII: S0741-5214(09)00908-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.04.047

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 3 , Pages 486-491.e4 , September 2009

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