Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 745-747 , April 1999

Access to occluded infrainguinal bypass grafts with a loopsnare

Received 6 May 1998 ,Accepted 14 October 1998.

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 Reprint requests: Dr Randall L. Siegel, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Department of Radiology, 1 Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08901.

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Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 745-747 , April 1999