Descending thoracic aortic dissection: Evaluation and management in the era of endovascular technology

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-24

  Lin, Peter H ^a,c   Huynh, Tam T ^a   Kougias, Panagiotis ^a   Huh, Joseph ^b   Lemaire, Scott A ^b   Coselli, Joseph S ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Endograft; Endovascular aortic aneurysm; Endovascular thoracic aortic aneurysm repair; False lumen; Malperfusion

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISSECTION; AORTOGRAPHY; ASCENDING AORTA; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESCENDING AORTA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOPROSTHESIS; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61849116294     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574408318475     Document Type: Review

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