Telementoring during endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms: A prospective study

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 200-205

  Di Valentino, Marcello ^a   Alerci, Mario ^a   Bogen, Marcel ^a   Tutta, Paolo ^a   Sartori, Fabio ^a   Marty, Bettina ^b   Von Segesser, Ludwig ^b   Gallino, Augusto ^a  

^a OSPEDALE SAN GIOVANNI   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Endovascular repair; Remote teaching; Stent graft; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FLUOROSCOPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RENAL ARTERY; TEACHING; TELEMENTORING; TELEMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTORS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 17144429284     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/04-1421.1     Document Type: Article

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