Patches for carotid artery endarterectomy: Current materials and prospects

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 206-213

  Muto, Akihito ^a   Nishibe, Toshiya ^b   Dardik, Herbert ^c   Dardik, Alan ^a,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Eniwa Midorino Clinic   (Japan)

^c ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; DACRON; POLITEF;

ARTERIOTOMY; ARTERY PROSTHESIS; BIOENGINEERING; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BYPASS SURGERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONGENITAL DISORDER; FALSE ANEURYSM; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATCH ANGIOPLASTY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; REVIEW; RISK; STROKE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN GRAFT;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; VEINS;

EID: 67649171358     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.01.062     Document Type: Review

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