European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 283-289 , September 2008

Systematic Review of Utilities in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

  • N. Muszbek

      Affiliations

    • United BioSource Corporation, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. N. Muszbek, UBC Health Care Analytics, 20 Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2NS, UK. Tel.: +44 20 7299 4550; fax: 44 20 7299 4555.
    • ,
  • M.M. Thompson

      Affiliations

    • St Georges Hospital, London, UK
    • ,
  • C.V. Soong

      Affiliations

    • Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
    • ,
  • J. Hutton

      Affiliations

    • University of York, York, UK
    • ,
  • P. Brasseur

      Affiliations

    • Medtronic International SA, Tolochenaz, Switzerland
    • ,
  • M.R.H.M. van Sambeek

      Affiliations

    • Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Received 6 September 2007 ,Accepted 31 March 2008.

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PII: S1078-5884(08)00215-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2008.03.018

European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 283-289 , September 2008

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