Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 549-555 , September 2010

Risk factors for late mortality after endovascular repair of the thoracic aorta

Presented at the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery, Paradise Island, Bahamas, Jan 20-23, 2010.

Received 3 January 2010 ,Accepted 20 April 2010.

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 Competition of interest: Dr Chaikof, Dr Veeraswamy, and Dr Kasiraja have received support research and educational programs from W.L. Gore, Cook Medical, Medtronic, and Bolton Medical, Inc.

 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)01089-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.04.059

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 549-555 , September 2010

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