European Journal of Radiology
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 181-188 , August 2004

Endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms—6 years of experience with Ella stent-graft system

  • Martin Köcher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University Hospital, I.P. Pavlova 6, 775 20 Olomouc, Czech Republic
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +420-588-443-493; fax: +420-588-442-508.
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  • Petr Utı́kal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University Hospital, I.P. Pavlova 6, 775 20 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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  • Jiřina Koutná

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital, I.P. Pavlova 6, 775 20 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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  • Petr Bachleda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University Hospital, I.P. Pavlova 6, 775 20 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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  • Eva Buriánková

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University Hospital, I.P. Pavlova 6, 775 20 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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  • Miroslav Heřman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University Hospital, I.P. Pavlova 6, 775 20 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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  • Jiřı́ Bučil

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University Hospital, I.P. Pavlova 6, 775 20 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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  • Vladimı́r Benýšek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University Hospital, I.P. Pavlova 6, 775 20 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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  • Marie Černá

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University Hospital, I.P. Pavlova 6, 775 20 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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  • Zdeňek Kojecký

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University Hospital, I.P. Pavlova 6, 775 20 Olomouc, Czech Republic

Received 16 December 2002 ,Revised 13 May 2003 ,Accepted 14 May 2003.

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PII: S0720-048X(03)00165-7

doi: 10.1016/S0720-048X(03)00165-7

European Journal of Radiology
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 181-188 , August 2004

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