Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 52, Issue 6 , Pages 1478-1485 , December 2010

Outcomes before and after initiation of an acute aortic treatment center

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery, Denver, Colo, Jun 11-14, 2009.

Received 11 February 2010 ,Accepted 25 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)01634-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.06.157

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 52, Issue 6 , Pages 1478-1485 , December 2010

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