Fit patients with small abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) do not benefit from early intervention

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1375-1381

  Brown, Louise C ^a   Thompson, Simon G ^b   Greenhalgh, Roger M ^a   Powell, Janet T ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 57949093465     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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