Complications and Limitations of the Elephant Trunk Procedure

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 690-691

  Kouchoukos, Nicholas T ^a  

^a Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT TRUNK PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LETTER; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORAX SURGERY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 38449098481     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.06.068     Document Type: Letter

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