The drama of being diagnosed with an aortic aneurysm and undergoing surgery for two different procedures: Open repair and endovascular techniques

Journal of Vascular Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-10

  Pettersson, Monica ^a   Bergbom, Ingegerd ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77149155963     PISSN: 10620303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvn.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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