Lack of major gender-related differences in patients undergoing elective endovascular or surgical repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm

International Angiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-55

  Van der Loo, B ^a   Naef, F ^a   Spring, S ^a   Rousson, V ^b   Amann Vesti, B ^a   Koppensteiner, Renate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Aorta, surgery; Aortic aneurysm, risk factors

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; FIBRINOGEN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 65749087612     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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