Ruptured Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm in a Renal Transplant Patient with Alport's Syndrome

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 816-818

  Lyons, O T A ^a   St John, E R C ^a   Morales, J P ^a   Chan, Y C ^a   Taylor, P R ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ATENOLOL; CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ALPORT SYNDROME; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CADAVER KIDNEY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CELIAC ARTERY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY TEST; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEPHRITIS, HEREDITARY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35548949916     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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