The influence of team experience on outcomes of endovascular stenting of abdominal aortic aneurysms

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 128-133

  Laheij, R J F ^a,b   Van Marrewijk, C J ^a   Buth, J ^a   Harris, P L ^c  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Endovascular stenting; Learning curve

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY STENT; DATA BASE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AORTA RUPTURE; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036690492     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2002.1670     Document Type: Article

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