Treatment of complex disease of the thoracic aorta: the frozen elephant trunk technique with the E-vita open prosthesis

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 671-676

  Di Bartolomeo, Roberto ^a   Di Marco, Luca ^a   Armaro, Alessandro ^a   Marsilli, Daniele ^a   Leone, Alessandro ^a   Pilato, Emanuele ^a   Pacini, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Aortic dissection; Hybrid aortic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN ELEPHANT TRUNK TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA SURGERY; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 62149141748     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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