Morphological and functional modifications of the aneurysm-endograft complex following endoluminal exclusion in 30 consecutive cases

Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense

Volumn 74, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages 45-50

  Frego, Mauro ^a,b   Bianchera, Giorgio ^a   Kontothanassis, Dimitrios ^a   Pilon, Fabio ^a   Ambrosino, Giovanni ^a   Di Cristofaro, Loretta ^a   Bonello, Elisa ^a   Miotto, Diego ^a   Fittà, Claudio ^a   Tropeano, Giuseppe ^a   Barbiero, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Endoluminal exclusion; Stent graft

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 12144290164     PISSN: 03924203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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