Efficacy of Viabahn® in the Treatment of Severe Superficial Femoral Artery Lesions: Which Factors Influence Long-term Patency?

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 346-352

  Alimi, Y S ^a   Hakam, Z ^a   Hartung, O ^a   Boufi, M ^a   Barthelemy P ^a   Aissi, K ^a   Dubuc, M ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

Bad outflow; Critical limb ischemia; Occlusive disease; Stent graft; Superficial femoral artery; Viabahn

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY LESION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CLAUDICATION; DEATH; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LEG ARTERY; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY; THROMBOSIS; TRANS ATLANTIC INTER SOCIETY CONSENSUS; VASCULAR PATENCY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMORAL ARTERY; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEG; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PROSTHESIS; RISK FACTOR; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; ISCHEMIA; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LEG; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 39349109116     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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