Impact of randomized trials comparing conventional and endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair on clinical practice

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 536-540

  Baas, Annette F ^a   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Blankensteijn, Jan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Endovascular aneurysm repair; Open repair; Questionnaire; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; TREATMENT INDICATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34848840107     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/1545-1550(2007)14[536:IORTCC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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