Do no harm

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 487-493

  Calligaro, Keith D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEADERSHIP; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MORTALITY; PARAPLEGIA; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; STENT; SURGEON; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

HIPPOCRATIC OATH; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 75149148106     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.10.106     Document Type: Article

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