Endovascular repair of abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms

Circulation

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1663-1675

  Katzen, Barry T ^a,d   Dake, Michael D ^b   MacLean, Alexandra A ^a   Wang, David S ^c  

^a BAPTIST CARDIAC AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24944458035     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.541284     Document Type: Review

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