Modified 'elephant trunk' procedure obliterating the false lumen in aortic dissection

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 487-488

  Morota, T ^a   Ando, M ^a   Takamoto, Sh ^a   Okita, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aneurysm, dissecting; Aortic aneurysm; Blood vessel prosthesis methods; Stents

Indexed keywords

DACRON; POLITEF;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

EID: 0030779524     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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