Coarctation repair with prosthetic material: Surgical experience with aneurysm formation

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 404-407

  Napoleone, Carlo Pace ^a   Gabbieri, Davide ^a   Gargiulo, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Coarctation of the aorta; Prosthesis

Indexed keywords

DACRON; POLITEF;

ADULT; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD; CHYLOTHORAX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIUM; PHRENIC NERVE; POLITEF IMPLANT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; HEART SURGERY; INSTRUMENTATION; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC COARCTATION; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0642315406     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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