Is it safe to cover the left subclavian artery when placing an endovascular stent in the descending thoracic aorta?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 690-697

  Dunning, Joel ^a   Martin, Janet E ^b   Shennib, Hani ^c,d   Cheng, Davy C ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c ARIZONA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Mercy Gilbert and Chandler Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Aortic dissection; Left subclavian artery; Thoracic aortic stents

Indexed keywords

ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA ANALYSIS; DESCENDING AORTA; EMBASE; ENDOLEAK; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVASCULARIZATION; SAFETY; STENT; STROKE; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SYMPTOM; THORACIC AORTA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; BENCHMARKING; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENTS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49249099978     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.181222     Document Type: Article

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