Techniques in Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 33-39 , March 2004

Infrapopliteal angioplasty

  • Sachin Rastogi, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • ,
  • S.William Stavropoulos, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to S. William Stavropoulos, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1 Silverstein, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

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doi: 10.1053/j.tvir.2004.01.001

Techniques in Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 33-39 , March 2004

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