Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 799-805.e4 , October 2009

Infrapopliteal balloon angioplasty for the treatment of chronic occlusive disease

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery, Baltimore, MD, Jun 6-10, 2007.

Received 8 February 2009 ,Accepted 14 May 2009.

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PII: S0741-5214(09)01040-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.05.026

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 799-805.e4 , October 2009

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