Primary intimal sarcoma of the aorta associated with a dacron graft and resulting in arterial rupture

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 509-515

  Alexander, J Jeffrey ^a,b   Moawad, John ^a   Cai, Daniel ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Dacron; Intimal sarcoma; Prosthesis; Pseudoaneurysm

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; AORTA; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA PROSTHESIS; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DACRON IMPLANT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PERIRENAL AORTA PSEUDOANEURYSM; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; AORTA; AORTIC RUPTURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SARCOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUNICA INTIMA; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33845633932     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574406290438     Document Type: Article

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