A change in the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 522-525

  Palma, José Honório ^a   Sampaio, Abner Moreira ^a   Miranda, Fausto ^a   Rodrigues Alves, Claudia Maria ^a   De Marcondes Souza, José Augusto ^a   Buffolo, Enio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abdominal aneurysm; Self expanding stentgraft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STENT; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 6944220522     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2003001300008     Document Type: Article

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