Endovascular therapy for thoracic aortic aneurysms: State of the art in 2012

Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-163

  Brozzi, Nicolas A ^a   Roselli, Eric E ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

TEVAR (thoracic endovascular aortic repair); Thoracic aneurysms; Thoracic aorta aortic; Thoracic aortic dissection

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AORTA ARCH; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DESCENDING AORTA; DIET THERAPY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEFT SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; STENT; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORACOABDOMINAL AORTA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861096551     PISSN: 10928464     EISSN: 15343189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11936-012-0169-6     Document Type: Article

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