Mid-term results after endovascular stent-graft placement due to penetrating atherosclerotic ulcers of the thoracic aorta

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1019-1024

  Gottardi, Roman ^a   Zimpfer, Daniel ^a   Funovics, Martin ^a   Schoder, Maria ^a   Lammer, Johannes ^a   Wolner, Ernst ^a   Czerny, Martin ^a   Grimm, Michael ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arch rerouting; Atherosclerotic ulcer (PAU); Endovascular stent graft; Penetrating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THORACIC AORTA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER;

EID: 43049158118     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.12.054     Document Type: Article

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