Endovascular grafting of the thoracic aorta, an evolving therapy: Ten-year experience in a single centre

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 974-980

  Sandroussi, Charbel ^a   Waltham, Matthew ^b   Hughes, Clifford F ^a   May, James ^a   Harris, John P ^a   Stephen, Michael S ^a   White, Geoffrey H ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endovascular stent grafting; Thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ENDOLEAK; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; THORACIC AORTA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35248854913     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04293.x     Document Type: Article

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