Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 6 , Pages 671-675 , November 2007

Ultrasound Surveillance of Endovascular Aneurysm Repair: A Safe Modality versus Computed Tomography

  • John T. Collins

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Michigan State University, Kalamazoo, MI
    • ,
  • Michael J. Boros

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Michigan State University, Kalamazoo, MI
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Michael J Boros, MD, Department of Surgery, Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Michigan State University, 1000 Oakland Drive, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, USA
    • ,
  • Kristin Combs

      Affiliations

    • 1535 Gull Road, Suite 020, Kalamazoo, MI

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 Presented at the Seventeenth Annual Winter Meeting of the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society, Steamboat Springs, CO, January 26-28, 2007.

PII: S0890-5096(07)00280-4

doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.07.009

Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 6 , Pages 671-675 , November 2007

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