Acute Thoracic Aortic Trauma: A Comparison of Endoluminal Stent Grafts with Open Repair and Nonoperative Management

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 589-595

  Kasirajan, Karthikeshwar ^a,b   Heffernan, Daithi ^a,b   Langsfeld, Mark ^a,b  

^a University of New Mexico ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA INJURY; ARTERY GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTA INJURY; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0346365103     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-003-0066-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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