Mycotic Aneurysms Affecting Both Lower Legs of a Patient with Candida Endocarditis - Endovascular Therapy and Open Vascular Surgery

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 130-133

  Larena Avellaneda, Axel ^a,b,d   Debus, Eike S ^a,b   Daum, Harald ^b   Kindel, Martin ^c   Gross Fengels, Walter ^b   Imig, Herbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b ASKLEPIOS HOSPITAL BARMBEK   (Germany)

^c Asklepios Klinik Harburg   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 1542317689     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-003-0088-9     Document Type: Article

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