Endovascular Aortic Arch Repair: Hopes and Certainties

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 255-261

  Schoder, M ^a   Lammer, J ^a   Czerny, M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aortic arch; Branched stentgrafts; Endovascular repair; Hybrid procedures

Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH ANOMALY; AORTIC ARCH SURGERY; DEVICE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FROZEN ELEPHAN TRUNK TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; STENT; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68249086407     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2009.06.007     Document Type: Review

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