Randomized EVAR Trials and Advent of Level I Evidence: A Paradigm Shift in Management of Large Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms?

Seminars in Vascular Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 69-74

  Rutherford, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEATH; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ANGIOPLASTY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; STENTS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745005260     PISSN: 08957967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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