Repair of mycotic aortic pseudoaneurysm with a stent graft using transesophageal echocardiography

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 567-570

  Rayan, Sunil S ^a,c   Vega, J David ^a   Shanewise, Jack S ^b   Kong, Li Sheng ^a   Chaikof, Elliot L ^a   Milner, Ross ^a  

^a Department of Vascular Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; HEPARIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ASYSTOLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FALSE ANEURYSM; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMAGING; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; AORTA; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STENTS;

EID: 4444359974     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2004.04.022     Document Type: Article

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