Hybrid approach to complex thoracic aortic aneurysms in high-risk patients: Surgical challenges and clinical outcomes

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 688-693

  Zhou, Wei ^a   Reardon, Michael ^b   Peden, Eric K ^a   Lin, Peter H ^a   Lumsden, Alan B ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA ARCH; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748974851     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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