Prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm and repair outcomes on the basis of patient sex: Should the timing of intervention be the same?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 325-328

  Harthun, Nancy L ^a   Cheanvechai, Vasana ^b   Graham, Linda M ^c   Freischlag, Julie A ^d   Gahtan, Vivian ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AGING; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0842282915     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.10.022     Document Type: Editorial

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