Stent-graft replacement of chronic traumatic aneurysm of the thoracic aorta after blunt chest trauma

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 705-709

  Gawenda, M ^a   Landwehr, P ^a   Brunkwall, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm, etiology; Aortic aneurysms, surgery; Stents

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECELERATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; STENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; STENTS; THORACIC INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0036813905     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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