Atherosclerotic aneurysms. Comparisons between thoracic stentgrafts - How do we know which stent graft to select?

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 386-392

  Ali, T ^a   Biasi, L ^a   Hinchliffe, R ^a   Morgan, R ^a   Thompson, M ^a   Loftus, I ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Endovascular procedure; Stentgraft; Thoracic aortic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

EID: 51149104157     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2008.11680247     Document Type: Article

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