Acceptable short-term results after endovascular repair of diseases of the thoracic aorta in high risk patients

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 379-387

  Krohg Sørensen, Kirsten ^a   Hafsahl, Geir ^b   Fosse, Erik ^b   Geiran, Odd R ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Rikshositalet University Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aortic disease; Endovascular treatment

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA BIFURCATION; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON PERFORATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY STENT; DESCENDING AORTA; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT INFECTION; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; SEPSIS; SURGICAL RISK; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041761119     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(03)00330-0     Document Type: Article

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