Epidemiology of aortic aneurysm repair in the United States from 1993 to 2003

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1085, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-10

  Cowan Jr , John A ^a   Dimick, Justin B ^a   Henke, Peter K ^a   Rectenwald, John ^a   Stanley, James C ^a   Upchurch Jr , Gilbert R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Endovascular; Repair

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA ANEURYSM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; TIME;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249337534     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1383.030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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