Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 303-307 , August 2010

Long-term follow-up of neck expansion after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair

Presented at the Twenty-fourth Western Vascular Society Annual Meeting, September 19-22, 2009, Tuscon, Ariz.

Received 13 October 2009 ,Accepted 9 March 2010.

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 This publication was supported by NIH/NCRR/OD UCSF-CTSI Grant Number KL2 RR024130. Its contents are the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

 Competition of interest: Dr Chuter receives research support, travel expenses, and royalties from licensed patents from Cook Medical, the manufacturers of the Zenith stent graft.

 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)00757-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.03.018

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 303-307 , August 2010

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