Frequency, Predictive Factors, and Consequences of Stent-Graft Kink Following Endovascular AAA Repair

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 913-918

  Fransen, Gerdine A J ^a   Desgranges, Pascal ^b   Laheij, Robert J F ^a   Harris, Peter L ^c   Becquemin, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Aneurysm diameter; Complication; Endoleak; Endovascular repair; Graft kink; Migration; Neck angulation; Stent graft; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ENDOLEAK; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAMETER; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; STENTS;

EID: 0347364768     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/1545-1550(2003)010<0913:FPFACO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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