XXIX.5 post-endovascular aneurysm repair rupture rate can be as low as 0.5%; is it the result of treating more small abdominal aortic aneurysms? Maybe they need no treatment at all

Vascular

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Raithel, Dieter ^a   Qu, Lefeng ^a   Hetzel, Gudrun ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERY DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 30344456434     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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