Does sac size matter? Findings based on surgical exploration of excluded abdominal aortic aneurysms

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 183-188

  Mehta, Manish ^a,b   Darling III, R Clement ^a   Chang, Benjamin B ^a   Paty, Philip S K ^a   Roddy, Sean P ^a   Kreienberg, Paul B ^a   Ozsvath, Kathleen J ^a   Shah, Dhiraj M ^a  

^a Institute for Vascular Health and Disease   (United States)

^b Vascular Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Aneurysmorrhaphy; Endoleak; Sac enlargement; Sac hygroma; Surgical repair

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASA VASORUM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; STENTS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 17144423570     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/04-1402.1     Document Type: Article

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