The hybrid elephant trunk procedure: A single-stage repair of an ascending, arch, and descending thoracic aortic aneurysm

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 404-407

  Azizzadeh, Ali ^a   Estrera, Anthony L ^a   Porat, Eyal E ^a   Madsen, Kenneth R ^a   Safi, Hazim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN PERFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYBRID ELEPHANT TRUNK PROCEDURE; HYPOTENSION; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STERNUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33746495048     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.04.041     Document Type: Article

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