EJVES Extra
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages e27-e29 , October 2010

Endovascular Treatment of an Infected Carotid Prosthetic Patch and Pseudo-aneurysm

  • G. Harrison

      Affiliations

    • The Regional Vascular Unit, The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospital, Prescot Street, Liverpool L7 8XP, UK
    • ,
  • R. McWilliams

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Interventional Radiology, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospitals Trust, Liverpool, UK
    • ,
  • R. Fisher

      Affiliations

    • The Regional Vascular Unit, The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospital, Prescot Street, Liverpool L7 8XP, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 151 706 3447; fax: +44 151 706 5827.

Received 6 May 2010 ,Accepted 28 June 2010.

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PII: S1533-3167(10)00022-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2010.06.002

EJVES Extra
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages e27-e29 , October 2010

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