Stent grafting for abdominal aortic aneurysms in Finland - A feasibility study

Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 271-273

  Lepantalo M ^a   Biancari, F ^b   Edgren, J ^b   Jaakkola, P ^b   Manninen, H ^b   Pimenoff, G ^b   Salenius, J P ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; endovascular repair; stent grafting

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CENTRALIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; STENT; SURGERY; ULTRASOUND;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FINLAND; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0031436393     PISSN: 03559521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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