Endovascular versus open treatment of degenerative aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta: A single center experience

Vascular

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-14

  Andrassy, Joachim ^a   Weidenhagen, Rolf ^a   Meimarakis, Georgios ^a   Rentsch, M ^a   Jauch, K W ^a   Kopp, Reinhard ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Degenerative thoracic aortic aneurysms; Endoleaks; Endovascular repair; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORACIC AORTA SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR GRAFTING;

EID: 80052311349     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/vasc.2010.oa0256     Document Type: Article

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