Treatment of thoracic aortic disease using endovascular stent-grafts: From therapeutic indications to possible complications

Treatment of thoracic aortic disease using endovascular stent-grafts: From therapeutic indications to possible complications

Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) is a minimally invasive technique which is increasingly used in different thoracic aortic pathologies such as aortic aneurysm, complicated type B aortic dissection, aortic trauma, intramural hematoma and penetrating aortic ulcer.In this paper we discuss th...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Fontes-Carvalho, Pedro Braga, Alberto Rodrigues, Nuno Bettencourt, Lino Santos, Bruno Melica, João Rocha, Manuel Gonçalves, Vasco Gama Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-03-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2174204912000190

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