Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in the octogenarian

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 401-407

  Brinkman, William T ^a,b   Terramani, Thomas T ^a,b   Najibi, Sasan ^a,b   Weiss, Victor J ^a,b   Salam, Atef A ^a,b   Dodson, Thomas F ^a,b   Smith, Robert B ^a,b   Chaikof, Elliot L ^a,b,c  

^a Emory University School of Medicine ^*

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AGING; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3542995662     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-004-0047-0     Document Type: Article

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