Thoracic endovascular repair versus open surgical repair - which is the more cost-effective intervention for descending thoracic aortic pathologies?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 869-874

  Narayan, Pradeep ^a   Wong, Alex ^a   Davies, Ian ^b   Angelini, Gianni D ^a   Bryan, Alan J ^a   Wilde, Peter ^b   Murphy, Gavin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Bristol Heart Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive surgery; Thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CHEST INFECTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESCENDING AORTA; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OPEN THORACIC AORTA REPAIR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; STENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTA SURGERY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATE MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052965855     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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