Surgical correction of ascending type A thoracic aortic dissection: Simultaneous endoluminal exclusion of the arch and distal aorta

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 660-666

  Diethrich, Edward B ^a,b   Ghazoul, Marwan ^a   Wheatley III, Grayson H ^a   Alpern, Jeffrey ^a   Rodriguez Lopez, Julio ^a   Ramaiah, Venkatesh ^a   Williams, James ^a  

^a Arizona Heart Hospital   (United States)

^b ARIZONA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aortic arch; Dissection; Endovascular repair; Stent graft; Thoracic aorta; Tube graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ARCH; AORTA BIFURCATION; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA ROOT; AORTA STENT GRAFT; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DACRON IMPLANT; DEVICE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; ILIAC ARTERY; LEG ISCHEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 30744475964     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/05-1745.1     Document Type: Article

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