In situ prosthetic graft repair of a mycotic aneurysm of the aorta after orthotopic liver transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 999-1001

  Sheiner, Patricia A ^a,b   Nurzia, Michael J ^a   Cooper, James ^a   Miller, Charles M ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA PROSTHESIS; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034654407     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200003150-00058     Document Type: Article

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