Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 358, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 494-

  Greenhalgh, Roger M ^a,b   Powell, Janet T ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; ENDOLEAK; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGERY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 38749096232     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMct0707524     Document Type: Article

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