Patient fitness and survival after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in patients from the UK EVAR trials

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 709-716

  Brown, L C ^a   Greenhalgh, R M ^b   Howell, S ^b   Powell, J T ^b   Thompson, S G ^b  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; STATIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34250358559     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5776     Document Type: Article

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