Extensible expanded polytetrafluoroethylene vascular grafts for aortoiliac and aortofemoral reconstruction

Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 538-544

  Chiesa, Roberto ^a   Melissano, Germano ^a   Castellano, Renata ^a   Frigerio, Sillia ^a  

^a H San Raffaele   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortofemoral; Aortoiliac; Atherosclerosis; Dacron; Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene; Surgery; Vascular graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DACRON IMPLANT; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0033789675     PISSN: 09672109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-2109(00)00075-2     Document Type: Article

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