Clinical application of a curved nitinol stent-graft for thoracic aortic aneurysms

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-28

  Sanada, Junichiro ^a   Matsui, Osamu ^a   Terayama, Noboru ^a   Kobayashi, Satoshi ^a   Minami, Tetsuya ^a   Kurozumi, Masahiro ^a   Ohtake, Hiroshi ^a   Urayama, Hiroshi ^b   Endo, Masamitsu ^c  

^a KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kurobe City Hospital   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distal aortic arch; Endoleak; Nitinol; Polyester; Proximal neck; Pseudoaneurysm; Stent graft; Thoracic aortic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

NITINOL; POLYESTER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLOYS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYESTERS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037512317     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/1545-1550(2003)010<0020:CAOACN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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