The PIVOTAL study: A randomized comparison of endovascular repair versus surveillance in patients with smaller abdominal aortic aneurysms

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 266-269

  Ouriel, Kenneth ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FATALITY; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORBIDITY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 58449094534     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.11.048     Document Type: Review

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