Does EVAR Alter the Rate of Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Considered Unfit for Open Repair? Results from the Randomised EVAR Trial 2

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 396-402

  Brown, L C ^a   Greenhalgh, R M ^a   Thompson, S G ^b   Powell, J T ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Cardiovascular events; EVAR; Fitness

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950052433     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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