Gore TAG® Thoracic Endoprosthesis: The first US FDA-approved thoracic endograft

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 557-564

  Diethrich, Edward B ^a  

^a Arizona Heart Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Aorta; Minimally invasive surgery; Surgical procedures; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA SURGERY; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL RISK; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PROSTHESIS;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 33750457977     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.3.5.557     Document Type: Article

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