Factors Affecting Survival after Endovascular Aneurysm Repair: Results from a Population Based Audit

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-162

  Boult, M ^a   Maddern, G ^a,c   Barnes, M ^b   Fitridge, R ^c  

^a ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal Australia Medical audit Data collection Registries; Aneurysm; Aorta

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34347229450     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2007.02.020     Document Type: Article

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