Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 730-737.e1 , October 2009

Intermediate results of a United States multicenter trial of fenestrated endograft repair for juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms

  • Roy K. Greenberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Roy K. Greenberg, MD, Director of Endovascular Research, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Desk S-40, Cleveland, OH 44195
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  • W. Charles Sternbergh III, MD

      Affiliations

    • Oschner Clinic, New Orleans, La
    • ,
  • Michel Makaroun, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pa
    • ,
  • Takao Ohki, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan and Department of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Manhasset, NY
    • ,
  • Timothy Chuter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, Calif
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  • Priya Bharadwaj, PhD

      Affiliations

    • MED Institute Inc, West Lafayette, Ind
    • ,
  • Alan Saunders, MS

      Affiliations

    • MED Institute Inc, West Lafayette, Ind
    • ,
  • Fenestrated Investigators

Received 12 January 2009 ,Accepted 19 May 2009.

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 Competition of interest: Drs Greenberg and Chuter disclose they have intellectual property licensed to Cook Inc and have received travel expenses.

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

PII: S0741-5214(09)01187-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.05.051

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 730-737.e1 , October 2009

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