Improved long-term survival after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Circulation

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-211

  Mani, Kevin ^a   Björck, Martin ^a   Lundkvist, Jonas ^a   Wanhainen, Anders ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aorta; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY EFFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67651124637     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.832774     Document Type: Article

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