How Many Patients with Infrarenal Aneurysms Are Candidates for Endovascular Repair? The Northern California Experience

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-40

  Arko, Frank R ^a   Filis, Konstantinos A ^a   Seidel, Scott A ^a   Gonzalez, Jim ^b   Lengle, Steve J ^b   Webb, Ron ^b   Rhee, John ^b   Zarins, Christopher K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Stanford University Medical Center ^*

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; AneuRx stent graft; Aneurysm morphology; Endovascular repair; Gender analysis; Proximal neck

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA BIFURCATION; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY STENT; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1042291140     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/1545-1550(2004)011<0033:HMPWIA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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