CREST-2 Reaches A Surgical Milestone

Affiliations

¹ The Department of Vascular Surgery (BKL), University of Maryland; The Department of Neurology (TGB, JFM), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; and The Department of Biostatistics (LJE), University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL.

Brajesh K Lal et al. J Vasc Surg. 2024 Feb.

. 2024 Feb;79(2):195-197.e2.

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2023.10.045. Epub 2023 Oct 29.

¹ The Department of Vascular Surgery (BKL), University of Maryland; The Department of Neurology (TGB, JFM), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; and The Department of Biostatistics (LJE), University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL.

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