Propensity-matched cohort validates findings of the VALOR trial

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-29

  Patel, Virendra I ^a   Conrad, Mark F ^a   Kwolek, Christopher J ^a   Ouriel, Kenneth ^b   Fairman, Ronald M ^c   Cambria, Richard P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DESCENDING THORACIC ANEURYSM; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN SURGICAL REPAIR; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORACIC ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959839183     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.12.052     Document Type: Article

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