Amsterdam Acute Aneurysm Trial: Background, design, and methods

Vascular

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 130-135

  Hoornweg, L L ^a   Balm, Ron ^a   Legemate, D A ^a   Idu, M M ^a   Kox, C ^a   Reekers, J A ^a   Van Lienden, K P ^a   Van Delden, O M ^a   Wisselink, W ^b   Rauwerda, J A ^b   Van Den Berg, F G ^b   Vahl, A C ^c   Visser, M J T ^c   Van Der Heijden, F H W M ^c   De Vries, C ^c   Van Der Hulst, V P M ^c   Montauban Van Swijndregt, A D ^c   Nagy, T O M ^d   Wiersema, A M ^e   Voorwinde, A ^c   Lawson, J A ^f   Van Der Broek, Th A A ^g   Cohen, R A ^h   Nio, D ⁱ   Tijssen, J P ^j   De Mol, B A J M ^j   Eikelboom, B C ^j   more..

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^d SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e BovenIJ Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^f AMSTELLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^g Waterlandziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^h ZAANS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ Infection and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^j Zaans Medisch Centrum ^*

more..

Author keywords

Endovascular repair; Ethics; Legal issues; Mortality; Randomized controlled trial; Research design; Ruptured aortic aneurysms

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCIES; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750719120     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6670.2006.00027     Document Type: Article

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