Endovascular Stent-Graft Repair of a Complicated Penetrating Ulcer of the Descending Thoracic Aorta: A Word of Caution

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 928-931

  D'Ancona, Giuseppe ^a   Bauset, Richard ^a   Normand, Jean Pierre ^a   Turcotte, Roc ^a   Dagenais, François ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aortic ulcer; Complication; Dissection; Endovascular repair; Stent graft; Talent Aortic Stent Graft; Thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA INJURY; AORTA PERFORATION; AORTA PROSTHESIS; AORTA ULCER; AORTA WALL; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESCENDING AORTA; ELASTICITY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; STENTS; ULCER;

EID: 0347447281     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/1545-1550(2003)010<0928:ESROAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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