Predictors of post-operative mortality following treatment for non-ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm

Current Controlled Trials in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Urbonavicius, Sigitas ^a,b   Vorum, Henrik ^b   Urbonaviciene, Grazina ^a   Trumpickas, Mindaugas ^c   Pavalkis, Dainius ^c   Honoré, Bent ^b  

^a LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Mortality rate; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGE; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LETHALITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 27544487545     PISSN: 14686694     EISSN: 14686694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1468-6708-6-14     Document Type: Review

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