Endovascular stent-grafts for superficial femoral artery disease: Results of 1-year follow-up

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 289-296

  Kessel, David O ^a   Wijesinghe, Lasantha D ^a   Robertson, Iain ^a   Scott, David J A ^a   Raat, Henricus ^b   Stockx, Luc ^b   Nevelsteen, Andre ^b  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arteries, femoral; Arteries, grafts and prostheses; Endovascular stent grafts

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANKLE PRESSURE; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033053179     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-0443(99)70033-3     Document Type: Article

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