European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 39 , Pages S25-S31 , March 2010

Management of HIV Vasculopathy – A South African Experience

  • J.V. Robbs

      Affiliations

    • Vascular Unit, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, 800 Bellair Road, Cato Manor, Durban, South Africa
    • Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu Natal, Private Bag 7 Congella 4013, Durban, South Africa
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at. J.V. Robbs, ChM (CT), FCS (SA), FRCS (Ed), FRCPS (G), Professor and Reader in Surgery, Vascular Unit, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, 800 Bellair Road, Cato Manor, Durban 4001 South Africa. Tel./fax: +27 31 261 7172.
    • ,
  • N. Paruk

      Affiliations

    • Vascular Unit, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, 800 Bellair Road, Cato Manor, Durban, South Africa
    • Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu Natal, Private Bag 7 Congella 4013, Durban, South Africa

Received 23 December 2009 ,Accepted 27 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(10)00005-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2009.12.028

European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 39 , Pages S25-S31 , March 2010

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