Should endovascular repair be used for small abdominal aortic aneurysms?

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-119

  LeCroy, Christopher J ^a   Passman, Marc A ^a   Taylor, Steven M ^a   Patterson, Mark A ^a   Combs, Bart R ^a   Jordan Jr , William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Endovascular repair; Small abdominal aortic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42249096778     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574407312656     Document Type: Article

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