Limb occlusion after endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm: Beware the narrow distal aorta

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 373-376

  O'Neill, Stephen ^a   Collins, Anton ^a   Harkin, Denis ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic; Acute limb ischaemia; Aneurysm; Complications; EVAR; Limb occlusion

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ENOXAPARIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANAMNESIS; AORTA GRAFT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIOTOMY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMORAL ARTERY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GUIDE WIRE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY; LEG ISCHEMIA; MALE; NARROW DISTAL AORTA; PULSATILE FLOW; REVASCULARIZATION; STENT; VASCULAR PATENCY;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE;

EID: 84866730586     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: 18634362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-010-0464-8     Document Type: Article

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