Right minithoracotomy as an alternative approach for endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysm

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1589-1591

  Vendramin, Igor ^a   Piccoli, Gianluca ^a   Gasparini, Daniele ^a   Livi, Ugolino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELIAC ARTERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESCENDING AORTA; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FLUOROSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; MINITHORACOTOMY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORACOTOMY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 36048965840     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.06.038     Document Type: Article

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