Postoperative risk factors for delayed neurologic deficit after thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair: A case-control study

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 750-754

  Azizzadeh, Ali ^a   Huynh, Tam T T ^a   Miller III, Charles C ^a   Estrera, Anthony L ^a   Porat, Eyal E ^a   Sheinbaum, Roy ^a   Safi, Hazim J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PARAPLEGIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

EID: 0037380755     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2003.211     Document Type: Article

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