A morphometric study on cadaveric aortic arch and its major branches in 25 Korean adults: The perspective of endovascular surgery

Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 78-83

  Shin, Il Young ^a   Chung, Yong Gu ^a   Shin, Won Han ^b   Im, Soo Bin ^b   Hwang, Sun Chul ^b   Kim, Bum Tae ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aorta; Atherectomy; Brachiocephalic trunk; Cadaver; Common carotid artery; Subclavian artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CADAVER; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KOREA; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PATIENT SAFETY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 56749153891     PISSN: 12258245     EISSN: 15987876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2008.44.2.78     Document Type: Article

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