Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 52, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 86S-90S , October 2010

Incidence, prevention, and management in spinal cord protection during TEVAR

  • Adnan Z. Rizvi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Adnan Z. Rizvi, MD, Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Minneapolis Heart Institute, 920 E. 28th St, Ste 300, Minneapolis, MN 55407
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  • Timothy M. Sullivan, MD

Received 10 June 2010 ,Accepted 17 June 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)01621-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.06.148

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 52, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 86S-90S , October 2010

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