Current endovascular management of abdominal aortic aneurysm

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 150-159

  Grant, April A ^a   Chastain, Stephen L ^a   Gray, Bruce H ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Complications; Endoleak; Endoprosthesis; Endovascular aneurysmrepair; Open repair; Percutaneous closure; Randomized control trials; Reintervention; Stent graft

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT KINKING; GRAFT MIGRATION; GRAFT RUPTURE; GRAFT THROMBOSIS; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY INFARCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RETREATMENT; SHORT TERM SURVIVAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84861095819     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: 15343170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-012-0247-0     Document Type: Article

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