Graft dilatation following abdominal aortic aneurysm resection and grafting

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 849-851

  Robinson, D A ^a   Lennox, A ^a   Englund, R ^a,b   Hanel, K C ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Blood vessel prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA GRAFT; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DILATATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0033381522     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.1999.01716.x     Document Type: Article

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