Durability of Endovascular Infrarenal Aneurysm Repair: When Does Late Failure Occur and Why?

Seminars in Vascular Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 102-110

  Chuter, Timothy A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA FLOW; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ENDOLEAK; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; STENT; STENT THROMBOSIS;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STENTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 67649382968     PISSN: 08957967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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