European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 383-391 , April 2008

Delay May Reduce Procedural Risk, But at What Price to the Patient?

  • A.R. Naylor

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Professor A. R. Naylor, Dept of Vascular Surgery, Clinical Sciences Building, PO Box 65, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE2 7LX, UK.

,Accepted 9 January 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2008.01.002

European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 383-391 , April 2008

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