Aortic Graft Infections and Aortoefnteric Erosions/Fistulae: Diagnosis and Management

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 179-189

  Mackey, William C ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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