Management of Infected Grafts and Mycotic Aneurysms of the Aorta Using Cryopreserved Homografts

Vascular

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 257-263

  Arbatli, Harun ^a   Degeest, Raphaël ^a   Demirsoy, Ergun ^a   Wellens, Francis ^a   Degrieck, Ivan ^a   Vanpraet, Frank ^a   Korkut, Ali Kubilay ^a   Vanermen, Hugo ^a  

^a OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aortic homografts; Graft infection; Mycotic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PERITONEAL BIOPSY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037603128     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721090301100403     Document Type: Article

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