Paraplegia after open surgery using endovascular stent graft for aortic arch aneurysm

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1240-1243

  Miyairi, Takeshi ^a   Kotsuka, Yutaka ^a   Morota, Tetsuro ^a   Kubota, Hiroshi ^a   Shibata, Ko ^a   Ikeda, Yorinobu ^a   Kitamura, Tadashi ^a   Kashima, Takeshi ^a   Takamoto, Shinichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0035783602     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2001.116937     Document Type: Article

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