Impact of endoluminal treatment on small abdominal aortic aneurysm: Aneurysm sac regression and secondary interventions with 5 years of follow-up

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 294-300

  Hao Bui, ^a,b   Lujan, Ricardo ^a   Nguyen, Alex ^a   Donayre, Carlos ^a   Lee, Lauren ^a   Wallot, Irwin ^a   Kopchock, George ^a   Lippmann, Maurice ^a   White, Rodney ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Endoleak; Endovascular repair; Sac regression; Secondary interventions

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547878691     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574407301142     Document Type: Article

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