Experience with utilization of auto-expandable stents introduced through the femoral artery for treatment of thoracic aortic diseases Experiência com o uso de endoprótese auto-expansível (stent) introduzida através da artéria femoral para tratamento das doenças da aorta torácica descendente

INTRODUCTION: The authors describe their experience with the implantation of endovascular self-expanding stent-grafts for the treatment of descending aortic thoracic diseases. METHOD: From June 1996 to April 2002, 14 endovascular self-expanding stent-grafts were implanted, 10 in acute type B dissect...

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Main Authors: João Roberto Breda, Dirceu Rodrigues Almeida, Roberto Álvaro Ramos Filho, Marcelo Grandini Silas, Adilson Casemiro Pires
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2003-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382003000200003