Role of endovascular therapies in the management of diverse thoracic aortic pathology

Perspectives in Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 134-143

  Ford, Peter F ^a   Farber, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Aortic; Coarctation; Emboli; Embolus; Endovascular; Hematoma; Intramural; Penetrating; Stent; Stent graft; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA DISEASE; BLOOD VESSEL FISTULA; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; EMBOLISM; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; HUMAN; REVIEW; STENT; THORACIC AORTA; ULCER;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC COARCTATION; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; EMBOLISM; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; HUMANS; STENTS; ULCER; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 35748957475     PISSN: 15310035     EISSN: 15310027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1531003507303740     Document Type: Article

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