Relevance of the ADAM and UK small aneurysm trial data in the age of endovascular aneurysm repair

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 806-809

  Patel, Madhukar S ^b   Brown, David A ^b   Wilson, Samuel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70349453978     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2009.148     Document Type: Article

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