Practice patterns for thoracic aneurysms in the stent graft era: Health care system implications

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1833-1839

  Walker, Karen L ^a   Shuster, Jonathan J ^a   Martin, Tomas D ^a   Hess Jr , Philip J ^a   Klodell, Charles T ^a   Feezor, Robert J ^a   Beck, Adam W ^a   Beaver, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART INFARCTION; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; THORACIC ANEURYSM; THORACIC ENDOVASCULAR AORTIC REPAIR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649407479     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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