Endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms with the Powerlink Endograft System: Influence of placement on the bifurcation and use of a proximal extension on early and late outcomes

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 795-801

  Coppi, Gioacchino ^a   Silingardi, Roberto ^a   Tasselli, Sebastiano ^a   Gennai, Stefano ^a   Saitta, Giuseppe ^a   Veraldi, Gian Franco ^b  

^a Nuovo Ospedale S Agostino   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Verona   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; AORTA BIFURCATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55149100052     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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