Clinical failures of endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: Incidence, causes, and management

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1137-1144

  Dattilo, Jeffery B ^a,b   Brewster, David C ^a,b   Fan, Chien Min ^a,b   Geller, Stuart C ^a,b   Cambria, Richard P ^a,b   LaMuraglia, Glenn M ^a,b   Greenfield, Alan J ^a,b   Lauterbach, Stephen R ^a,b   Abbott, William M ^a,b  

^a Harvard Medical School ^*

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ENDOLEAK; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT INFECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENT; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 0036595201     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2002.124627     Document Type: Article

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