Aortic Dissection Endovascular Stenting: Less Pain, Survival Gain?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1332-1333

  Svensson, Lars ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; EDITORIAL; ENDOLEAK; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; STENT; SURVIVAL; THROMBOSIS;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; STENTS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 64649100375     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.03.053     Document Type: Editorial

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