Iatrogenic Type A Dissection After Attempted Stenting of a Descending Aortic Aneurysm

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1523-1525

  Zhang, Ruoyu ^a   Kofidis, Theo ^a   Baus, Stefan ^a   Klima, Uwe ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ARCH; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BRACHIAL ARTERY; BRAIN DISEASE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; DEATH; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OPERATING ROOM; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; STERNOTOMY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOSIS;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; STENTS;

EID: 33748742454     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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