The outcome of endovascular repair of small abdominal aortic aneurysms

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 326-333

  Golledge, Jonathan ^a   Parr, Adam ^a   Boult, Margaret ^b   Maddern, Guy ^b,c   Fitridge, Robert ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REOPERATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846539200     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000253965.95368.52     Document Type: Article

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