The sac shrinking process after EAR does not start immediately in most patients

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 426-430

  Prinssen, M ^a   Blankensteijn, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Curve fitting; Endovascular aneurysm repair; Lag time; Sac shrinkage

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; NETHERLANDS; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THROMBOSIS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STATISTICS; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0036580584     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2002.1605     Document Type: Article

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