The reversed elephant trunk technique used for treatment of complex aneurysms of the entire thoracic aorta

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2166-2172

  Coselli, Joseph S ^a,b   LeMaire, Scott A ^a   Carter, Stacey A ^a   Conklin, Lori D ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DESCENDING AORTA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVERSED ELEPHANT TRUNK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL TIME; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TREATMENT FAILURE; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; WALKING AID;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 28344456051     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.03.087     Document Type: Article

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