Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 22, Issue 6 , Pages 710-715 , November 2008

Long-Term Postplacement Cost Comparison of AneuRx and Zenith Endografts

  • Robert E. Noll Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Section of Vascular Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
    • ,
  • Britt H. Tonnessen

      Affiliations

    • Section of Vascular Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
    • ,
  • Jason Kim

      Affiliations

    • Section of Vascular Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
    • ,
  • Samuel R. Money

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ
    • ,
  • W. Charles Sternbergh III

      Affiliations

    • Section of Vascular Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: W. Charles Sternbergh III, MD, Section of Vascular Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, 1514 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA

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 Presented at the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Peripheral Vascular Surger Society, Snowmass, Colorado, February 1-3, 2008.

PII: S0890-5096(08)00237-9

doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2008.06.007

Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 22, Issue 6 , Pages 710-715 , November 2008

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