Endovascular stenting for descending aneurysms: Wave of the future or the emperor's new clothes?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 285-288

  Elefteriades, John A ^a   Percy, Andrew ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA ANEURYSM; BLOOD VESSEL; EDITORIAL; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX SURGERY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846378426     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.09.042     Document Type: Editorial

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