Repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms in octogenarians

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 491-495

  Girardi, Leonard N ^a   Coselli, Joseph S ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SURGICAL RISK; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0032006510     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)01300-3     Document Type: Article

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