"Hybrid" Repair of Aneurysms of the Transverse Aortic Arch: Midterm Results

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1882-1888

  Hughes, G Chad ^a   Daneshmand, Mani A ^a   Balsara, Keki R ^a   Achneck, Hardean A ^a   Sileshi, Bantayehu ^a   Lee, Sean M ^a   McCann, Richard L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYBRID ARCH REPAIR; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STROKE; SURGICAL APPROACH; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSVERSE AORTIC ARCH ANEURYSM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 71649107199     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.07.027     Document Type: Article

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