Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 556-561 , September 2010

Intermediate-term EVAR outcomes in octogenarians

Presented at the Spring Meeting of the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society, June 12-13, 2009, Denver, Colo.

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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)00798-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.03.051

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 556-561 , September 2010

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