Experience with the endologix powerlink endograft in endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms with short and angulated necks

Perspectives in Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-166

  Qu, Lefeng ^a   Raithel, Dieter ^b  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Nuernberg Southern Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Angulated neck; Endovascular repair; Short neck; Stent graft

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTA BIFURCATION; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY INFARCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; RENAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48249126783     PISSN: 15310035     EISSN: 15310027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1531003508320343     Document Type: Article

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