Early stent fracture and collapse of a Zenith TX2 thoracic stent graft used for traumatic aortic rupture

Vascular

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 287-290

  Falkenberg, Mårten ^a   Cronqvist, Jonas ^b   Malina, Martin ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aortic transection; Endovascular stent graft; Stent fracture; Thoracic aorta; Traumatic aortic rupture

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; ANURIA; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFARCTION; LIVER INFARCTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SPLEEN INFARCTION; STENT; STENT COLLAPSE; STENT FRACTURE; THORACIC STENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FATALITY; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD; THORACIC AORTA;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855386707     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/vasc.2010.cr0246     Document Type: Article

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