EJVES Extra
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 48-50 , October 2007

Endovascular Repair of a Popliteal Artery Aneurysm in a ‘Hostile Leg’

  • U. Sadat

      Affiliations

    • Cambridge Vascular Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge
    • ,
  • C. Cousins

      Affiliations

    • University Department of Radiology, Addenbrooke's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
    • ,
  • J.R. Boyle

      Affiliations

    • Cambridge Vascular Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Mr. J. R. Boyle, MD, FRCS, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Box 201, Addenbrooke's NHS Foundation Hospital Trust, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QQ, UK.

,Accepted 7 August 2007.

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PII: S1533-3167(07)00029-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2007.08.002

EJVES Extra
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 48-50 , October 2007

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