Neurological complications of thoracic endovascular aortic repair

Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 123-140

  Ullery, Brant W ^a   Wang, Grace J ^a   Low, David ^a   Cheung, Albert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Endovascular procedures; Paraplegia; Postoperative complications; Spinal cord ischemia; Stroke; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; LIDOCAINE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MANNITOL; NALOXONE; PAPAVERINE;

COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; STROKE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84863229298     PISSN: 10892532     EISSN: 19405596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1089253211424224     Document Type: Review

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