Correlates of in-hospital cost among patients undergoing abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

American Heart Journal

Volumn 136, Issue 4 I, 1998, Pages 696-702

  Benzaquen, B S ^a   Eisenberg, M J ^a   Challapalli, R ^a   Nguyen, T ^a   Brown, K J ^a   Topol, E J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING;

EID: 0031760379     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(98)70018-3     Document Type: Article

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