Has the implementation of EVAR for ruptured AAA improved outcomes?

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 252-257

  Vogel, Todd R ^a   Dombrovskiy, Viktor Y ^a   Haser, Paul B ^a   Graham, Alan M ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

AAA; Outcomes; Population; Ruptured

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESCENDING AORTA SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63049103488     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574408329271     Document Type: Article

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