Blue toes due to floating plaque of the abdominal aorta: Endovascular repair with stent

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 132-134

  Do, D D ^a   Chevili, S ^a   Baumgartner, I ^a   Triller, J ^a   Striffeler, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

aorta; blue toes; endovascular repair; plaque; stent ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FOOT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MALE; STENT; TOE;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; TOES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0030968160     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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