Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 1012-1018 , November 2009

Endoleak after endovascular aneurysm repair: Duplex ultrasound imaging is better than computed tomography at determining the need for intervention

Presented at Thirty-third Annual Meeting of Southern Association of Vascular Surgery, Tucson, Ariz, Jan 14-17, 2009.

Received 14 April 2009 ,Accepted 8 June 2009.

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PII: S0741-5214(09)01331-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.06.021

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 1012-1018 , November 2009

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