Endovascular treatment of thoracic aortic pathology: Feasibility and mid-term results

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 532-539

  Lamme, B ^a   de Jonge, I C D Y M ^a   Reekers, J A ^a   de Mol, B A J M ^a   Balm, R ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aortic rupture; Endoprosthesis; Endovascular stent graft; Thoracic aortic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA ARCH; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; STENT; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038172168     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2002.1852     Document Type: Article

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