Possible objectification of a critical maximum diameter for elective surgery in abdominal aortic aneurysms based on one- and three-dimensional ratios

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 623-628

  Cappeller, W A ^a,c   Engelmann, H ^b   Blechschmidt, S ^a   Wild, M ^a   Lauterjung, L ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Saxonian Academy of Sciences   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal surgery; Aortic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBUS; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031460320     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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