Endovascular aneurysm repair in nonagenarians is safe and effective

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1140-1146

  Goldstein, Lee J ^a   Halpern, Joshua A ^b   Rezayat, Combiz ^b   Gallagher, Katherine A ^b   Sambol, Elliot B ^b   Bush Jr , Harry L ^b   Karwowski, John K ^b  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ELDERLY CARE; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROMA; SMOKING; AGE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; INSTRUMENTATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STENT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COMORBIDITY; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952114340     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.06.076     Document Type: Article

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