Endovascular stent grafting versus open surgical repair of descending thoracic aortic aneurysms in low-risk patients: A multicenter comparative trial

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Bavaria, Joseph E ^a   Appoo, Jehangir J ^a,b   Makaroun, Michel S ^c   Verter, Joel ^d   Yu, Zi Fan ^d   Mitchell, R Scott ^e  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b LIBIN CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d University of Iowa   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; ENDOLEAK; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; HEART ARREST; HEART DISEASE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILEUS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STENT; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; WEAKNESS; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33846397049     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.07.040     Document Type: Article

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