Endovascular repair of the thoracic aorta in octogenarians

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 630-634

  Kpodonu, Jacques ^a   Preventza, Ourania ^b   Ramaiah, Venkatesh G ^a   Shennib, Hani ^a   Wheatley III, Grayson H ^a   Rodriquez Lopez, Julio A ^a   Williams, James ^a   Diethrich, Edward B ^a  

^a ARIZONA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Cardiac Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Endovascular surgery; Octogenarian; Thoracic stent graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA PERFORATION; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; ENDOLEAK; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART DEATH; HEMATOMA; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORACIC AORTA SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 49149094239     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.05.046     Document Type: Article

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