Is There a Selection Bias in Applying Endovascular Aneurysm Repair for Rupture?

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-220

  Lee, Richard W ^a   Rhodes, Jeffery M ^a   Singh, Michael J ^a   Davies, Mark G ^a   Wolford, Heather Y ^a   Diachun, Carol ^a   Norton, Russell ^a   Illig, Karl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY ANEURYSM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 40749155408     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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