Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 1477-1480 , December 2009

Aortic angiosarcoma masquerading as a thoracic aortic aneurysm

  • Vimal Ramjee, BS
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  • Sharif Ellozy, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr. Sharif Hamed Ellozy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, 5 E. 98th St., 14th Fl., New York, NY 10029

Received 23 March 2009 ,Accepted 4 June 2009.

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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)01325-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.06.015

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 1477-1480 , December 2009

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