Endovascular repair of thoracic aortic lesions using infrarenal devices: Lessons learned and continued applications

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 330-337

  Veeraswamy, Ravi K ^a   Sanchez, Luis A ^a   Rubin, Brian G ^a   Moon, Marc R ^a   Curci, John ^a   Flye, M Wayne ^a   Geraghty, Patrick J ^a   Parodi, Juan ^a   Sicard, Gregorio A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORACIC AORTA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER;

EID: 33745220343     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-006-9068-1     Document Type: Article

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