Abdominal aortic aneurysms surgical treatment

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 563-578

  Shames, Murray L ^a   Thompson, Robert W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GRAFT INFECTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036852444     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8651(02)00063-2     Document Type: Article

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