Endovascular vs open AAA repair: Does size matter?

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 307-315

  Lalka, Stephen G ^a,b,c   Dalsing, Michael C ^a,b   Sawchuk, Alan P ^a,b   Cikrit, Dolores F ^a,b   Shafique, Shoaib ^a,b  

^a Indiana University School of Medicine ^*

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Clarian Cardiovascular Surgeons   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; STUDENT T TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 23044458172     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857440503900402     Document Type: Article

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