Kissing stents in the common femoral artery bifurcation for critical limb ischemia: Technical description and report of three cases

Vascular

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 211-214

  Mathisen, Sven Ross ^a   Åkesson, Michael ^a   Lindh, Mats ^a   Ivancev, Krassi ^a   Resch, Timothy A ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Common femoral artery; Endovascular; Stent

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; STENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 35348966396     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6670.2007.00037     Document Type: Article

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