Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 253-255

  Bell, P R F ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STENT;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0036987446     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1358863x02vm446ed     Document Type: Editorial

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