Repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms with the Excluder® bifurcated stent-graft

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 549-552

  Pfammatter, Thomas ^a   Mayer, D ^a   Pfiffner, R ^a   Koehler, C ^a   Hechelhammer, L ^a   Lachat, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm, abdominal, surgery; Blood vessel prosthesis implantation; Vascular surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA GRAFT; CLINICAL STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; SAFETY; STENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS;

EID: 0141649579     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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