Long-term surveillance is paramount after implantation of the Vanguard stent-graft for abdominal aortic aneurysms

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-66

  van Herzeele, Isabelle ^a   Lefevre, A ^b   van Maele, G ^a   Maleux, G ^b   Vermassen, F ^a   Nevelsteen, A ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm, abdominal; Aortic rupture; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOLEAK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTOGRAPHY; BELGIUM; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 40449099459     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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