Validity of the Hardman Index to Predict Outcome in Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-38

  Sharif, M A ^a   Arya, N ^a   Soong, C V ^a   Lau, L L ^a   O'Donnell, M E ^b   Blair, P H ^b   McKinley, A G ^b  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HARDMAN INDEX; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846866311     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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