Single center experience with a new commercially available thoracic endovascular graft

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 579-585

  Melissano, Germano ^a   Civilini, E ^a   de Moura, M R L ^a   Calliari, F ^a   Chiesa, R ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Endovascular; Stent graft; Thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

DACRON; STAINLESS STEEL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; DEVICE; ENDOLEAK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; ITALY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STENTS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 18144384766     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2005.01.018     Document Type: Article

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