Mortality in ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 208-212

  Kantonen, I ^a   Lepantalo M ^a   Brommels, M ^a   Luther, M ^a   Salenius, J P ^a   Ylonen K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Hospital volume; Mortality; Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm; Vascular registry

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0033104306     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.1998.0708     Document Type: Article

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