EJVES Extra
Volume 18, Issue 6 , Pages e73-e75 , December 2009

Late, Acute Presentation of a Large Brachial Artery Aneurysm Following Ligation of a Brescia-Cimino Arteriovenous Fistula

Received 15 May 2009 ,Accepted 8 September 2009.

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PII: S1533-3167(09)00032-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2009.09.004

EJVES Extra
Volume 18, Issue 6 , Pages e73-e75 , December 2009