Gelseal® Versus Gelweave® Dacron Prosthetic Grafts in the Descending Thoracic Aorta: A Two-Year Computed Tomography Scan Follow-Up Study

Vascular

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 432-435

  Mattens, E ^a   Engels, P ^a   Hamerlijnck, R ^a   Kelder, J ^a   Schepens, M ^a   de Valois, J ^a   Vermeulen, F ^a   Wijers, L ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

computed tomography; dacron prosthetic graft. Gelseal. Gelweave; thoracic artery

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GELATIN; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; DACRON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORACIC AORTA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AORTA GRAFT; ARTERY DIAMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DACRON IMPLANT; DESCENDING AORTA; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GELATIN; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032586986     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721099900700408     Document Type: Article

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