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Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine (2007) 4, 206-213
doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0849  

Surgery Insight: advances in endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms

Donald T Baril, Tikva S Jacobs and Michael L Marin*

Correspondence *Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 5 East 98th Street, Box 1273, New York, NY 10029, USA

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Endovascular stent-graft repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms is a less-invasive alternative to open repair. Since the first description of the technique in 1990, the technology used has developed rapidly. In this Surgery Insight, Donald Baril, Tikva Jacobs and Michael Marin summarize the history of endovascular stent-graft development and discuss recent data on patients treated with this technique, and outline some new advances in stent-graft repairs.

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