EndoAnchor placement in thoracic and thoracoabdominal stent-grafts to repair complications of nonalignment

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 471-480

  Kasprzak, Piotr ^a   Pfister, Karin ^a   Janotta, Markus ^a   Kopp, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic arch; Branched stent graft; Endoanchoring; EndoAnchors; Endoleak; Endovascular repair; Fenestrated stent graft; Fixation; Stent graft migration; Stent graft nonalignment; Stentgraft; Thoracic aorta; Thoracoabdominal aorta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CARDIOVASCULAR THERAPEUTIC DEVICE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC STENT GRAFT NONALIGNMENT; THORACOABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; THORACOABDOMINAL STENT GRAFT NONALIGNMENT;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STENTS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84881510392     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: 15451550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/12-4125.1     Document Type: Article

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