Is total debranching a safe procedure for extensive aortic-arch disease? A single experience of 27 cases

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 177-182

  Ferrero, Emanuele ^a   Ferri, Michelangelo ^a   Viazzo, Andrea ^a   Robaldo, Alessandro ^a   Zingarelli, Edoardo ^a   Sansone, Fabrizio ^a   Casabona, Riccardo ^a   Nessi, Franco ^a  

^a MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aortic arch; Endovascular treatment; Hybrid procedure; Stent graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ARCH ANEURYSM; AORTA ARCH ANOMALY; AORTA ARCH DISSECTION; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA GRAFT; AORTIC ARCH SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND ISCHEMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LUNG COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM HEMORRHAGE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PARAPLEGIA; PENETRATING ATHEROSCLEROTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTIC SHOCK; STENT; STERNOTOMY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY ANEURYSM; SURVIVAL RATE; TOTAL DEBRANCHING; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK FACTOR; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860316365     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.05.058     Document Type: Article

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