Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 19, Issue 5 , Pages 657-661 , May 2008

Outcomes after Uterine Artery Embolization for Pedunculated Subserosal Leiomyomas

From the SIR 2007 Annual Meeting.

  • Ryan Margau, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medical Imaging, North York General Hospital, University of Toronto, 4001 Leslie Street, Toronto Ontario, Canada M2K 1E1
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to R.M.
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  • Martin E. Simons, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, 4001 Leslie Street, Toronto Ontario, Canada M2K 1E1.
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  • Dheeraj K. Rajan, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, 4001 Leslie Street, Toronto Ontario, Canada M2K 1E1.
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  • Eran B. Hayeems, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, 4001 Leslie Street, Toronto Ontario, Canada M2K 1E1.
    • ,
  • Kenneth W. Sniderman, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, 4001 Leslie Street, Toronto Ontario, Canada M2K 1E1.
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  • Kongteng Tan, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, 4001 Leslie Street, Toronto Ontario, Canada M2K 1E1.
    • ,
  • J. Robert Beecroft, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, 4001 Leslie Street, Toronto Ontario, Canada M2K 1E1.
    • ,
  • John R. Kachura, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, 4001 Leslie Street, Toronto Ontario, Canada M2K 1E1.

Received 21 July 2007 ,Revised 25 November 2007 ,Accepted 27 November 2007.

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 None of the authors have identified a conflict of interest.

PII: S1051-0443(07)01968-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.11.022

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 19, Issue 5 , Pages 657-661 , May 2008

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