The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 5 , Pages 1153-1157 , May 2010

Factors favoring stent-graft collapse after thoracic endovascular aortic repair

  • Ludovic Canaud, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Arnaud de Villeneuve Hospital, Montpellier, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Ludovic Canaud, MD, Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire et Thoracique, Hôpital A deVilleneuve, 191 av Doyen Gaston Giraud 34090, Montpellier, France.
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  • Pierre Alric, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Arnaud de Villeneuve Hospital, Montpellier, France
    • ,
  • Pascal Desgranges, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Henri Mondor Hospital, Créteil, France
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  • Jean Marzelle, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Henri Mondor Hospital, Créteil, France
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  • Charles Marty-Ané, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Arnaud de Villeneuve Hospital, Montpellier, France
    • ,
  • Jean-Pierre Becquemin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Henri Mondor Hospital, Créteil, France

Received 2 May 2009 ,Revised 3 June 2009 ,Accepted 20 June 2009.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)00869-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.06.017

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 5 , Pages 1153-1157 , May 2010

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