The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 127, Issue 2 , Pages 325-328 , February 2004

Prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm and repair outcomes on the basis of patient sex: should the timing of intervention be the same?

  • Nancy L Harthun, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of TCV Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Va, USA
    • ,
  • Vasana Cheanvechai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Md, USA
    • ,
  • Linda M Graham, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    • ,
  • Julie A Freischlag, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md, USA
    • ,
  • Vivian Gahtan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Vascular Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Vivian Gahtan, MD, SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Medicine, Department of Surgery, 750 East Adams St, Syracuse, NY 13210 , USA

Received 29 September 2003 ,Accepted 6 October 2003.

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☆ This is a project of the Society of Vascular Surgery, Committee on Women's Issues.

PII: S0022-5223(03)01817-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.10.022

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 127, Issue 2 , Pages 325-328 , February 2004

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