Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: A community hospital's experience

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-29

  Madden, Nicholas ^a   Baril, Donald T ^a   Wertz, Richard ^b   Demarsico, Arthur ^b   Rhee, Robert Y ^a   Chaer, Rabih A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Altoona Regional Health System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aortic; Community; Endovascular

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DESCENDING AORTA SURGERY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61849164033     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574408322754     Document Type: Article

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