Tuberculous Aneurysm of the Abdominal Aorta: Endovascular Repair Using Stent Grafts in Two Cases

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 215-218

  Liu, Wei Chiang ^a   Kwak, Byung Kook ^a,e   Kim, Kyo Nam ^a   Kim, Soon Yong ^a   Woo, Joung Joo ^a   Chung, Dong Jin ^a   Hong, Ju Hee ^a   Kim, Ho Sung ^b   Lee, Chang Jun ^c   Shim, Hyung Jin ^d  

^a Sung Ae General Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Ahn Yang Chung Ang Medical Center   (Taiwan)

^c National Medical Center

^d Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^e Sung Ae Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aorta, aneurysm; Aorta, disease; Aorta, grafts and prostheses

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSOAS ABSCESS; RADIOGRAPHY; STENT; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSOAS ABSCESS; STENTS; TUBERCULOSIS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 0034305128     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2000.1.4.215     Document Type: Article

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