Outcome for patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms that are treated non-surgically

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 260-263

  Englund, Raymond ^a,b   Perera, Dayashan ^a   Hanel, Kevin C ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Analysis; Life table; Non surgical management; Survival

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030739960     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1997.tb01959.x     Document Type: Article

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