Secure fixation following EVAR with the Powerlink XL System in wide aortic necks: Results of a prospective, multicenter trial

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Jordan Jr , William D ^a   Moore Jr , William M ^b   Melton, Jim G ^c   Brown, O William ^d   Carpenter, Jeffrey P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Lexington Medical Center   (United States)

^c Oklahoma Heart Hospital   (United States)

^d WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTA BIFURCATION; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FEMOROFEMORAL BYPASS; FOLLOW UP; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLITEF IMPLANT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STROKE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350568629     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.05.057     Document Type: Article

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