Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair in the Octogenarian: Is It Worthwhile?

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 308-314

  Minor, Michael E ^a   Ellozy, Sharif ^a   Carroccio, Alfio ^a   Oak, Juliana ^a   Chae, Kristina ^a   Agarwal, Gautam ^a   Surmay, Ryan ^a   Teodorescu, Victoria ^a   Morrissey, Nicholas J ^a   Jacobs, Tikva ^a   Lookstein, Robert ^a   Hollier, Larry H ^a   Marin, Michael L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEVICE; ELDERLY CARE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; STENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10744223845     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.139.3.308     Document Type: Article

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