Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 990-992 , April 2010

Successful repair of a ruptured Stanford type B aortic dissection during pregnancy

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

Received 12 August 2009 ,Accepted 23 October 2009.

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 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)02269-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.10.121

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 990-992 , April 2010

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