Stent-graft limb deployment in the external iliac artery increases the risk of limb occlusion following endovascular AAA repair

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-85

  Conway, Allan M ^a   Modarai, Bijan ^a   Taylor, Peter R ^a   Carrell, Tom W G ^a   Waltham, Matthew ^a   Salter, Richard ^a   Bell, Rachel E ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Bare metal stent; Complications; Endovascular aneurysm repair; Extra anatomical bypass; Graft limb occlusion; Stent graft; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; AXILLOFEMORAL ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; BARE METAL STENT; COMMON ILIAC ARTERY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; EXTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY; FEMALE; FEMOROFEMORAL BYPASS; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; ILIAC ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 84857131686     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: 15451550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/11-3550.1     Document Type: Article

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