Primary tumors of the thoracoabdominal aorta: Surgical treatment of 5 patients and review of the literature

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 354-364

  Chiche, Laurent ^a   Mongrédien, Benoit ^a   Brocheriou, Isabelle ^a   Kieffer, Edouard ^a,b  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ANGINA; ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA GRAFT; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERY BYPASS; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CACHEXIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; DESCENDING AORTA; EMBOLECTOMY; EMBOLISM; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTIMA; LEG; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; SARCOMA; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SURVIVAL; VASCULAR TUMOR;

EID: 0141557640     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-003-0018-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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