Thoracic aorta endografts: Variations in practice among medical specialists

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 843-852

  Eggebrecht, Holger ^a   Pamler, Reinhard ^b   Zipfel, Burkhart ^c   Herold, Ulf ^a   Chavan, Ajay ^d   Rehders, Tim C ^e   Nienaber, Christoph A ^e   Hetzer, Roland ^c   Jakob, Heinz G ^a   Mehta, Rajendra H ^f   Erbel, Raimund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Department of Vascular Surgery   (Germany)

^c DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Institute for Radiology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^f DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysms; Dissection stent graft; Endovascular; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ARTERY GRAFT; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISSECTION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARD; STENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORACIC AORTA ENDOGRAFT; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CARDIOLOGY; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; STENTS; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 33751578436     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20857     Document Type: Review

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