Hybrid treatment for aortic arch and proximal descending thoracic aneurysm: experience with stent grafting for second-stage elephant trunk repair

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 956-961

  Kawaharada, Nobuyoshi ^a   Kurimoto, Yoshihiko ^a   Ito, Toshiro ^a   Koyanagi, Tetsuya ^a   Yamauchi, Akihiko ^a   Nakamura, Masanori ^a   Takagi, Nobuyuki ^a   Higami, Tetsuya ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Elephant trunk; Endovascular; Stent graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ARCH; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCENDING AORTA; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYBRID; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STENT; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449528632     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.05.033     Document Type: Article

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