Should the size threshold for elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair be lowered in the endovascular era? Yes

Angiology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 617-619

  Paraskevas, Kosmas I ^a   Mikhailidis, Dimitri P ^a   Andrikopoulos, Vassilios ^b   Bessias, Nikolaos ^a   Bell, Sir Peter R F ^c  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abdominal aortic aneurysm; endovascular aneurysm repair; EVAR; mortality rates

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DESCENDING AORTA SURGERY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; ABDOMINAL AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956466534     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319710375084     Document Type: Short Survey

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