Surgery of the thoracic aorta in Denmark 1997-2003;Operation for torakal aortalidelse i Danmark 1997-2003

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 510-513

  Olsen, Peter Skov ^a   Parvaiz, Imran ^a   Overgaard, Ove ^a   Lildal Carranza, Christian A ^a   Kure, Hans Henrik O ^a   Bendixen, Anette ^a,b  

^a Sundhedsstyrelsen   (Denmark)

^b Center for Evaluering og Medicinsk Teknologivurdering (CEMTV)   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENMARK; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33847042263     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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