Endovascular abdominal aneurysm repair in nonagenarians: Never beyond the limits

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 632-

  Karnwal, Abhishek ^a   Lippmann, Maurice ^a   Julka, Inderjeet S ^a   White, Rodney ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76149143121     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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