Analysis of short-term multivariate competing risks data following thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic repair

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1023-1027

  Miller III, Charles C ^a   Porat, Eyal E ^a   Estrera, Anthony L ^a   Vinnerkvist, Anders N ^a   Huynh, Tam T T ^a   Safi, Hazim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Competing risks; Logistic regression; Multivariate model; Risk factors; Surgical outcome

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ACCURACY; AGE; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA SURGERY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037483034     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(03)00157-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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