Current trends in the management of small abdominal aortic aneurysms

Future Cardiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-69

  Sarac, Timur P ^a   Altinel, Ozcan ^a   Ouriel, Kenneth ^a  

^a CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; ADAM trial; Aneurex stent graft; CAESAR trial; Endovascular aneurysm repair; PIVOTAL trial; Small aneurysm; UK Small Aneurysm Trial

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846490171     PISSN: 14796678     EISSN: 17448298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/14796678.3.1.65     Document Type: Article

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