Multiple penetrating atherosclerotic ulcers of the aorta: Report of a case

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 495-498

  Tsuji, Yoshihiko ^a   Okita, Yutaka ^a   Sugimoto, Koji ^a   Yamashita, Teruo ^a   Hino, Yutaka ^a   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^a   Taniguchi, Takanori ^a   Matsumori, Masamichi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endovascular graft; Penetrating atherosclerotic ulcers; Pseudoaneurysm

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AGED; ANAMNESIS; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PENETRATING ATHEROSCLEROTIC ULCER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; THORACIC AORTA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANEURYSM, FALSE; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33845667983     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574406294367     Document Type: Article

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