Complications After Endovascular Treatment of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 711-718

  Scharrer Pamler, Reinhard ^a   Kotsis, Thomas ^b   Kapfer, Xaver ^b   Görich, Johannes ^b   Orend, Karl Heinz ^b   Sunder Plassmann, Ludger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Complication; Descending thoracic aorta; Endoleak; Endovascular repair; Mortality; Outcome analysis; Stent graft; Thoracic aortic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA GRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAFETY; STENT; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242300258     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/1545-1550(2003)010<0711:CAETOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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