Technical tips for endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms with challenging infrarenal neck anatomy using the excluder endoprosthesis

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 705-711

  Ghouri, Maaz A ^a   Dougherty, Kathryn G ^a   Krajcer, Zvonimir ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Aortic neck; Complications; Endovascular aneurysm repair; Neck angulation; Neck dilatation; Stent graft

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; DEVICE; ENDOGRAFT; ENDOLEAK; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650095802     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: 15451550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/10-3170.1     Document Type: Article

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