Contemporary results of endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms: Effect of anatomical fixation on outcomes

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-162

  Carpenter, Jeffrey P ^a   Garcia, Mark J ^b   Harlin, Stuart A ^c   Jordan Jr , William D ^d   Jung, Matthew T ^e   Krajcer, Zvonimir ^f   Rodriguez Lopez, Julio A ^g  

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

^b CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e Baptist East Hospital   (United States)

^f ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Arizona Heart Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Endovascular aneurysm repair; Outcome analysis; Powerlink; Stent graft; Unibody stent graft

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA BIFURCATION; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ENDOLEAK; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; EXPLANT; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIMB INJURY; LYMPHOCELE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STROKE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; ALGORITHM; ANGIOPLASTY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

POLITEF;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955401516     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: 15451550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/09-2977.1     Document Type: Article

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