Morphology of aortic arch pathology: Implications for endovascular repair

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 474-479

  Malkawi, Amir H ^a   Hinchliffe, Robert J ^a   Yates, Martin ^a   Holt, Peter J ^a   Loftus, Ian M ^a   Thompson, Matt M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic arch; Innominate artery; Left common carotid artery; Left subclavian artery; Morphology; Supra aortic vessels; Thoracic endovascular aortic repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC ENDOVASCULAR AORTIC REPAIR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STENTS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77957848547     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: 15451550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/10-3067.1     Document Type: Article

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