Five-year results of endovascular treatment with the Gore TAG device compared with open repair of thoracic aortic aneurysms

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 912-918

  Makaroun, Michel S ^a   Dillavou, Ellen D ^a   Wheatley, Grayson H ^b   Cambria, Richard P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ARIZONA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DESCENDING AORTA; DESCENDING AORTA SURGERY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 42749090012     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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