EJVES Extra
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 4-9 , July 2008

Endovascular Repair of Infrarenal Abdominal Aorta Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcers: Review of Our Experience

  • B. Fyntanidou

      Affiliations

    • 1st Anesthesiology Department, General Hospital “Georgios Papanikolaou”, Thessaloniki, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Amalias 7, 54640 Thessaloniki, Greece. Tel.: +30 6977427336.
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  • E. Massa

      Affiliations

    • 1st ICU, General Hospital “Georgios Papanikolaou”, Thessaloniki, Greece
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  • A. Papachristodoulou

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Department, General Hospital “Georgios Papanikolaou”, Thessaloniki, Greece
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  • Ch. Karatziou

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Department, General Hospital “Georgios Papanikolaou”, Thessaloniki, Greece
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  • H. Karatziou

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Department, General Hospital “Georgios Papanikolaou”, Thessaloniki, Greece
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  • A. Megalopoulos

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, General Hospital “Georgios Papanikolaou”, Thessaloniki, Greece
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  • G. Trellopoulos

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, General Hospital “Georgios Papanikolaou”, Thessaloniki, Greece

Received 5 June 2008 ,Accepted 22 July 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2008.07.002

EJVES Extra
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 4-9 , July 2008

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