European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 266-270 , March 2010

Natural History of Thoraco-abdominal Aneurysm in High-Risk Patients

  • P.A. Hansen

      Affiliations

    • P.A. Hansen and J.M.J. Richards contributed equally to this study.
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  • J.M.J. Richards

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at. J.M.J. Richards, Clinical & Surgical Sciences (Surgery), Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK. Tel.: +44 0131 242 3621; fax: +44 0131 242 3617.
    • P.A. Hansen and J.M.J. Richards contributed equally to this study.
    • ,
  • A.L. Tambyraja
    • ,
  • L.R. Khan
    • ,
  • R.T.A. Chalmers

Received 16 September 2009 ,Accepted 19 December 2009.

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☆ Presented at the XXIII Annual Meeting 3-6 September, 2009, European Society for Vascular Surgery, Oslo, Norway.

PII: S1078-5884(09)00663-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2009.12.023

European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 266-270 , March 2010

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