Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 52, Issue 4 , Pages 1058-1060 , October 2010

Complex subclavian artery pseudoaneurysm causing failure of endovascular stent repair with salvage by percutaneous thrombin injection

  • Grace S. Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, Calif
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  • John Brawley, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, Calif
    • ,
  • Raymond Hung, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, Calif
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Raymond Hung, MD, Department of Radiology, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, 751 South Bascom Ave, San Jose, CA 95117

Received 4 December 2009 ,Accepted 15 May 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)01241-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.05.085

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 52, Issue 4 , Pages 1058-1060 , October 2010

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