Vascular Registries Join to Create a Common International Dataset on AAA Surgery

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 257-259

  Bjorck M ^a   Gibbons, C P ^a   Jensen, L P ^a   Laustsen, J ^a   Lees, T ^a   Moreno Carriles, R ^a   Troeng T ^a   Wigger, P ^a  

^a The authors constitute the Steering Committee of the Vascunet   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE REGISTRY; EDITORIAL; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34547599940     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2007.05.014     Document Type: Editorial

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