Stent-graft migration following endovascular repair of aneurysms with large proximal necks: Anatomical risk factors and long-term sequelae

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 652-664

  Lee, James T ^a   Lee, Jason ^a   Aziz, Ihab ^a   Donayre, Carlos E ^a   Walot, Irwin ^a   Kopchok, George E ^a   Heilbron Jr , Mauricio ^a   Lippmann, Maurice ^a   White, Rodney A ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm sac endoregression; Endoleak; Neck dilatation; Stent fracture; Talent endograft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NECK; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036814953     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/1545-1550(2002)009<0652:SGMFER>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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