International controlled clinical trial of thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair with the Zenith TX2 endovascular graft: 1-year results

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Matsumura, Jon S ^a   Cambria, Richard P ^b   Dake, Michael D ^c   Moore, Randy D ^e   Svensson, Lars G ^d   Snyder, Scott ^f  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f Med Institute Inc Lafayette   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 38649140710     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.10.032     Document Type: Article

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