Secondary Interventions Following Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) and the Enduring Value of Graft Surveillance

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 547-554

  Nordon, I M ^a   Karthikesalingam, A ^a   Hinchliffe, R J ^a   Holt, P J ^a   Loftus, I M ^a   Thompson, M M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AAA; Aneurysm; EVAR; Surveillance: secondary intervention

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM SURGERY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LEG ISCHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETREATMENT; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951623752     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2009.11.002     Document Type: Review

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