Comparison of surveillance versus aortic endografting for small aneurysm repair (CAESAR): Results from a randomised trial

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-25

  Cao, P ^a   De Rango, P ^b   Verzini, F ^b   Parlani, G ^b   Romano, L ^b   Cieri, E ^b  

^a SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Endovascular graft; Randomised controlled trial; Stent graft

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PATIENT SAFETY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 78650848111     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2010.08.026     Document Type: Article

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