What determines and are the consequences of surveillance intensity after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair?

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 868-875

  Leurs, Lina J ^a   Laheij, Robert J F ^a   Buth, Jaap ^a  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYZER; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 27644473598     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-005-7751-2     Document Type: Article

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