European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 2 , Pages 179-186 , February 2010

Spinal Cord Injury is Not Negligible after TEVAR for Lower Descending Aorta

  • H. Matsuda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita/Osaka, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Hitoshi Matsuda, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardio-Vascular Center, 7-5-1 Fujishirodai, Suita/Osaka 565-8565, Japan. Tel.: +81 6 6833 5012; fax: +81 6 6872 7486.
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  • T. Fukuda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita/Osaka, Japan
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  • O. Iritani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita/Osaka, Japan
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  • T. Nakazawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita/Osaka, Japan
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  • H. Tanaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita/Osaka, Japan
    • ,
  • H. Sasaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita/Osaka, Japan
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  • K. Minatoya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita/Osaka, Japan
    • ,
  • H. Ogino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita/Osaka, Japan

Received 31 August 2009 ,Accepted 15 November 2009.

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☆ This paper was presented at the XXIII Annual Meeting 3–6 September, 2009, European Society for Vascular Surgery, Oslo, Norway.

PII: S1078-5884(09)00581-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2009.11.014

European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 2 , Pages 179-186 , February 2010

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