Redefining postoperative surveillance after endovascular aneurysm repair: Recommendations based on 5-year follow-up in the US Zenith multicenter trial

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 278-285

  Sternbergh III, W Charles ^a   Greenberg, Roy K ^b   Chuter, Timothy A M ^c   Tonnessen, Britt H ^a  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CALCULATION; CORE LABORATORY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTRAST MEDIA; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 47249134138     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.02.075     Document Type: Article

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