Stent-graft repair versus open surgery for the descending aorta: A case-control study

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 535-538

  Brandt, Michael ^a   Mussel, Katrin ^a   Walluscheck, Knut P ^a   Müller Hülsbeck, Stefan ^a   Jahnke, Thomas ^a   Rahimi, Aziz ^a   Cremer, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Aortic surgery; Descending aorta; Stent graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DESCENDING AORTA; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARAPLEGIA; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STENT; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7244226217     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/04-1219.1     Document Type: Article

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