Mid-term results for second-generation thoracic stent grafts

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 811-817

  Bell, R E ^a   Taylor, P R ^a   Aukett, M ^a   Sabharwal, T ^a   Reidy, J F ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA COARCTATION; BLEEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; OPERATION DURATION; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; VASCULITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038675245     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4178     Document Type: Conference Paper

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