The Hemashield Woven® Prosthesis in the Thoracic Aorta: A Prospective Computer Tomography Follow-Up Study

Vascular

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 580-585

  Vermeulen, F ^a   Schepens, M ^a   de Valois, J ^a   Wijers, L ^a   Kelder, J ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CT study; double valour prosthesis; Hemashield Woven ; prospective follow up study; thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS; THORACIC AORTA; AORTA GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034741243     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721090100900611     Document Type: Article

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