Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 1271-1279.e1 , December 2009

Defining high-risk patients for endovascular aneurysm repair

  • Natalia Egorova, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Natalia N. Egorova, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1077, New York, NY 10029
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  • Jeannine K. Giacovelli, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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  • Annetine Gelijns, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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  • Giampaolo Greco, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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  • Alan Moskowitz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
    • ,
  • James McKinsey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Columbia Weill Cornell Division of Vascular Surgery, New York, NY
    • ,
  • K. Craig Kent, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI

Received 31 May 2009 ,Accepted 30 June 2009.

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 Competition of interest: none.

 Two authors, Natalia Egorova and Jeannine K. Giacovelli, participated equally and should share first authorship.

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

 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)01370-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.06.061

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 1271-1279.e1 , December 2009

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