Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 22, Issue 6 , Pages 790-798 , November 2008

Percutaneous Superficial Femoral Artery Interventions for Claudication—Does Runoff Matter?

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 Presented at the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society's 18th Annual Winter Meeting, Snowmass, CO, February 1-3, 2008.

PII: S0890-5096(08)00182-9

doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2008.04.007

Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 22, Issue 6 , Pages 790-798 , November 2008