Endovascular Repair for Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcers of the Descending Thoracic Aorta: Early and Mid-Term Results

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 987-992

  Botta, Luca ^a   Buttazzi, Katia ^a   Russo, Vincenzo ^a   Parlapiano, Mario ^a   Gostoli, Valentina ^a   Di Bartolomeo, Roberto ^a   Fattori, Rossella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PENETRATING ATHEROSCLEROTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER;

EID: 39149091371     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.079     Document Type: Article

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