Influence of Age, Aneurysm Size, and Patient Fitness on Suitability for Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 730-735

  Timaran, Carlos H ^a   Rosero, Eric B ^a   Smith, Stephen T ^a   Modrall, J Gregory ^a   Valentine, R James ^a   Clagett, G Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANATOMY; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FITNESS; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORPHOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55049125450     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2008.08.034     Document Type: Article

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