Thoracic endovascular aortic repair - A Brazilian experience in 255 patients over a period of 112 months

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 524-527

  Almeida, Rui M S ^a,d,f   Leal, João C ^b   Saadi, Eduardo K ^c   Braile, Domingo M ^b   Rocha, Antonio S T ^a,d   Volpiani, Giuliano ^d   Centola, Crescencio ^e   Zago, Alcides ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO OESTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d Institute of Aortic Diseases of Cascavel   (Brazil)

^e Hospital of Portuguese Beneficence   (Brazil)

^f NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysms; Endoprosthesis; Endovascular treatment; Thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORACIC ENDOVASCULAR AORTIC REPAIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC COARCTATION; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65949115287     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.192062     Document Type: Article

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