Urgent endovascular treatment of thoraco-abdominal aneurysms using a sandwich technique and chimney grafts - A technical description

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-60

  Kolvenbach, R R ^a   Yoshida, R ^b   Pinter, L ^a   Zhu, Y ^c   Lin, F ^d  

^a Augusta Hospital   (Germany)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chimney grafts; Sandwich technique; Thoraco abdominal aortic aneurysms

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SANDWICH TECHNIQUE; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICOAGULANTS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; EMERGENCIES; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RENAL ARTERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENTS;

EID: 78650819633     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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