The role of stent-grafts in the management of aortic trauma

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 2-14

  Rousseau, Hervé ^a   Elaassar, Omar ^a   Marcheix, Bertrand ^a   Cron, Christophe ^a   Chabbert, Valérie ^a   Combelles, Sophie ^a   Dambrin, Camille ^a   Leobon, Bertrand ^a   Moreno, Ramiro ^a   Otal, Philippe ^a   Auriol, Julien ^a  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Acute aortic syndrome; Aorta; CT CTA; Endovascular treatment; Graft endograft; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CEFUROXIME; HEPARIN; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AORTA INJURY; ARTERIOTOMY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATERIAL STATE; PARAPLEGIA; PATHOGENESIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

AORTA; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; STENTS; VASCULAR SYSTEM INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84857055123     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-011-0135-9     Document Type: Review

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