Endovascular thoracic aortic repair and previous or concomitant abdominal aortic repair: Is the increased risk of spinal cord ischemia real?

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 188-194

  Baril, Donald T ^a,b   Carroccio, Alfio ^a   Ellozy, Sharif H ^a   Palchik, Eugene ^a   Addis, Michael D ^a   Jacobs, Tikva S ^a   Teodorescu, Victoria ^a   Marin, Michael L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Box 1259 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DESCENDING AORTA; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; STENT; STENT GRAFT; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 33646533342     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-006-9010-6     Document Type: Article

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