Editorial: The INvestigation of STEnt grafts in aortic dissection (INSTEAD) trial: The need for ongoing analysis

Circulation

Volumn 120, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 2513-2514

  Kwolek, Christopher J ^a   Watkins, Michael T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEG ISCHEMIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 73949155183     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.911883     Document Type: Editorial

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