Consistency in endovascular aneurysm repair suitability assessment requires group decision audit

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 671-676

  Rödel, Steffan G J ^a   Geelkerken, Robert H ^a,c   Herwaarden, Joost A van ^b,d   Kunst, Eelco E ^c   Berg, Jos C van den ^d   Palen, Job van der ^a   Teijink, Joep A W ^e,f   Moll, Frans L ^b,d  

^a Department of Vascular Surgery ^*

^b MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c Vrest BV   (Netherlands)

^d ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e Ospedale Civico

^f Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COHORT STUDIES; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33645885342     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2005.11.055     Document Type: Article

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