Operative and endovascular management of extracranial vertebral artery aneurysm in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: A clinical dilemma - Case report and literature review

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 389-392

  Sultan, Sherif ^a   Morasch, Mark ^b   Colgan, Mary Paula ^a   Madhavan, Prakash ^a   Moore, Dermot ^a   Shanik, Gregor ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CASE REPORT; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY ANEURYSM;

EID: 0036753529     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857440203600510     Document Type: Article

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