Oral health of patients scheduled for elective abdominal aortic correction with prosthesis

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 294-298

  Hayrinen Immonen R ^a,b   Ikonen, T S ^b   Lepantalo M ^b   Lindgren, L ^b   Lindqvist, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dental infection; Oral infection foci; Prosthetic arterial grafts

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENTURE; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034163967     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.1999.0984     Document Type: Article

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