Mural Thrombotic Deposits in Abdominal Aortic Endografts Are Common and Do Not Require Additional Treatment at Short-term and Midterm Follow-up

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1558-1562

  Maleux, Geert ^a   Koolen, Marcel ^a   Heye, Sam ^a   Heremans, Birgit ^a   Nevelsteen, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BELGIUM; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; COMORBIDITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 54049154594     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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