Infolding and collapse of thoracic endoprostheses: Manifestations and treatment options

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 324-333

  Sze, Daniel Y ^a   Mitchell, R Scott ^a   Miller, D Craig ^a   Fleischmann, Dominik ^b   Frisoli, Joan K ^a   Kee, Stephen T ^a   Verma, Archana ^a   Sheehan, Michael P ^a   Dake, Michael D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA INJURY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BARE METAL STENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FALSE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORACIC AORTA SURGERY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651087384     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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