Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm: No cause for alarm

Circulation

Volumn 123, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 2782-2783

  Cambria, Richard P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal; aortic aneurysm; Editorials; endovascular procedures

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANATOMY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DATA ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79959512156     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.033134     Document Type: Editorial

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