The evaluation of morbidity and mortality in abdominal aortic aneurysm repair patients as related to body mass index

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 369-371

  Kennedy, Nicole A ^a   Flynn, Lisa M ^a   Berg, Richard M ^a   Lorelli, David R ^a   Rama, Kumara ^a   Rizk, Youssif ^a  

^a ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Body mass index; Endovascular; EVAR

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY STENT; DATA BASE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77649292701     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.09.019     Document Type: Article

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