The elephant trunk procedure: Uses in complex aortic diseases

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 491-495

  Svensson, Lars G ^a  

^a Center for Aortic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aorta; Bicuspid valve; Marfans; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH; AORTA DISEASE; ASCENDING AORTA; COMORBIDITY; ELEPHANT TRUNK PROCEDURE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMORAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27644469857     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hco.0000179819.65329.f2     Document Type: Review

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