We need more vascular research

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Surgery and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
² Department of Surgery, VA Connecticut Healthcare Systems, West Haven, CT, USA.
³ Department of Vascular Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
⁴ Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Washington, and the VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA.
⁵ Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, and the Department of Vascular Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁶ Department of Vascular Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France.
⁷ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.
⁸ Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.

Editorial

Alan Dardik et al. JVS Vasc Sci. 2023.

. 2023 Oct 21:4:100132.

doi: 10.1016/j.jvssci.2023.100132. eCollection 2023.

¹ Departments of Surgery and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
² Department of Surgery, VA Connecticut Healthcare Systems, West Haven, CT, USA.
³ Department of Vascular Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
⁴ Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Washington, and the VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA.
⁵ Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, and the Department of Vascular Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁶ Department of Vascular Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France.
⁷ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.
⁸ Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.

No abstract available

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