Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 19, Issue 5 , Pages 645-651 , May 2008

Matched-pair Analysis of Endovascular versus Open Surgical Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Young Patients at Low Risk

  • Nicolas Diehm, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Interventional Radiology, Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, 8900 North Kendall Drive, Miami, Florida, 33176
    • Division of Clinical and Interventional Angiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Centre, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to N.D.
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  • Athanassios I. Tsoukas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, 8900 North Kendall Drive, Miami, Florida, 33176
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  • Barry T. Katzen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Interventional Radiology, Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, 8900 North Kendall Drive, Miami, Florida, 33176
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  • James F. Benenati, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Interventional Radiology, Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, 8900 North Kendall Drive, Miami, Florida, 33176
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  • Samuel Baum

      Affiliations

    • Department of Interventional Radiology, Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, 8900 North Kendall Drive, Miami, Florida, 33176
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  • Constantino Pena, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Interventional Radiology, Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, 8900 North Kendall Drive, Miami, Florida, 33176
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  • Florian Dick, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Swiss Cardiovascular Centre, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland.

Received 12 August 2007 ,Revised 11 December 2007 ,Accepted 17 December 2007.

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 None of the authors have identified a conflict of interest.

PII: S1051-0443(07)01977-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.12.445

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 19, Issue 5 , Pages 645-651 , May 2008

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