Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 512-515 , August 2010

Thrombolysis for acute arterial occlusion

  • Jos C. van den Berg, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jos C. van den Berg, MD, PhD, Service of Interventional Radiology, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, sede Civico, Via Tesserete 46, 6903 Lugano, Switzerland

Received 4 October 2009 ,Accepted 25 January 2010.

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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(10)00242-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.01.080

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 512-515 , August 2010

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