Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm - Round two

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 352, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 2443-2445

  Lederle, Frank A ^a  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AUTOPSY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANGIOPLASTY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NOTE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ANGIOPLASTY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 20344364199     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe058126     Document Type: Editorial

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