Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in octogenarians versus younger patients in a tertiary referral center

Vascular

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 275-285

  Hynes, Niamh ^a   Kok, Nik ^a   Manning, Brian ^a   Mahendran, Bhasakarapandin ^a   Sultan, Sherif ^a,b  

^a Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery   (Ireland)

^b Galway Clinic   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair; Expansion rate; Nonoperative abdominal aortic aneurysm management; Octogenarian; Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; CREATININE; STATINE DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DECISION MAKING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCTAGENARIAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SURVIVAL RATE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 30344481101     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6670.2005.00084     Document Type: Article

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