The Outcome of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in Northern Malaysia

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 420-428

  Lakhwani, M N ^a   Yeoh, K C B ^a   Gooi, B H ^a   Lim, S K ^a  

^a Penang Adventist Hospital   (Malaysia)

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEVER; GENDER; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MORTALITY; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242300061     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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