Endovascular Repair of Symptomatic Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcer of the Thoracic Aorta

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-73

  Pauls, S ^a   Orend, K H ^a   Sunder Plassmann, L ^a   Kick, J ^a   Schelzig, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Endovascular repair; Penetrating aortic ulcer; Stentgraft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA WALL; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BYPASS SURGERY; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OPERATION DURATION; PENETRATING ATHEROSCLEROTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER;

EID: 34249826931     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2006.12.029     Document Type: Article

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