Outcome in patients with a large abdominal aortic aneurysm considered unfit for surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1382-1384

  Jones, A ^a   Cahill, D ^a   Gardham, R ^a  

^a CHASE FARM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031692941     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00947.x     Document Type: Article

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