Endograft accommodation on the aortic bifurcation: An overview of anatomical fixation and implications for long-term stent-graft stability

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 462-470

  Avgerinos, Efthimios D ^a   Dalainas, Ilias ^a   Kakisis, John ^a   Moulakakis, Konstantinos ^a   Giannakopoulos, Triantafillos ^a   Liapis, Christos D ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Anatomical fixation; Aortic bifurcation; Endovascular aneurysm repair; Fixation; Powerlink; Stent graft; Stent graft migration; Zenith composite

Indexed keywords

AORTA BIFURCATION; AORTA FLOW; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY PROSTHESIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; ENDOGRAFT MIGRATION; ENDOLEAK; ENDOPROSTHESIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIXATION DEVICE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE DEGENERATION;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052215328     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: 15451550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/11-3411.1     Document Type: Review

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