Femoral Artery Pseudoaneurysms: Risk Factors, Prevalence, and Treatment Options

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 503-508

  Knight, Colin G ^a,c   Healy, Dean A ^a   Thomas, Ronald L ^b  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THROMBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUPLEX DIRECTED MANUAL OCCLUSION; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0242710619     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-003-0056-4     Document Type: Article

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