A review of clinical trials and registries in descending thoracic aortic aneurysms

Seminars in Vascular Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 170-175

  Knepper, Jordan ^a   Upchurch, Gilbert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DESCENDING AORTA; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG COMPLICATION; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956321490     PISSN: 08957967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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