Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 1155-1158 , November 2009

The Society for Vascular Surgery Practice Guidelines: Management of the left subclavian artery with thoracic endovascular aortic repair

  • Jon S. Matsumura, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Wisconsin, Madison
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Jon S. Matsumura, MD, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, G5/325 Clinical Science Center, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792
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  • W. Anthony Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla
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  • R. Scott Mitchell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif
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  • Mark A. Farber, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Mohammad Hassan Murad, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
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  • Alan B. Lumsden, MD

      Affiliations

    • Methodist Debakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, Tex
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  • Roy K. Greenberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Hazim J. Safi, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas Houston Medical School, Houston, Tex
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  • Ronald M. Fairman, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa
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  • Society for Vascular Surgery

Received 18 August 2009 ,Accepted 19 August 2009.

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 Competition of interest: Dr Matsumura received research support, consultation fees, or training director fees from Abbott, Cook, ev3, Lumen, Medtronic, and WL Gore. Dr Lee received research support and consultation fees from Cook, Medtronic, and Bolton Medical. Dr Farber received consultant fees from WL Gore, Medtronic, Cook, Aptus Endosystems, and Bolton Medical. Dr Lumsden received consultation fees and speaker bureau fees from BSCI, WL Gore, Medtronic, and VNUS Medical. He is a stockholder in Hatch Medical and Northpoint Domain. His spouse is an employee of Medtronic. Dr Greenberg received research support from Cook Inc and WL Gore. He has IP/license agreements with Cook Inc. Dr Fairman received research support from Abbott, Medtronic, Cook, Aptus, and Boston Scientific.

PII: S0741-5214(09)01823-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.08.090

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 1155-1158 , November 2009

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