Endoluminal Repair of Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Using a Modular Stent-Graft: One-Year Clinical Results from a European Multicentre Trial

Vascular

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 503-507

  Nolthenius, R P Tutein ^a   Berg, J C ^a   Biasi, G M ^b   Piglionica, M R ^b   Meregaglia, D ^b   Ferrari, S A ^b   Coppi, G ^c   Pacchioni, R ^c   Gennai, S ^c   Cao, P ^d   Barzi, F ^d   Verzini, F ^d   Maselli, A ^d   Caporali, S ^d   Moll, F L ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Civil Hospital   (Italy)

^d Monteluce Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

abdominal aortic aneurysm; AneuRx . aneurysm repair; endovascular; modular; stent graft

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032798758     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721099900700506     Document Type: Article

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