Outcomes before and after initiation of an acute aortic treatment center

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1478-1485

  Davies, Mark G ^a   Younes, Houssam K ^a   Harris, Patricia W ^a   Masud, Faisal ^a   Croft, Bryan A ^a   Reardon, Michael J ^a   Lumsden, Alan B ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC RUPTURE; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MALE; PATIENT TRANSFER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 78650202189     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.06.157     Document Type: Article

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