Anatomic severity grading score predicts technical difficulty, early outcomes, and hospital resource utilization of endovascular aortic aneurysm repair

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1266-1272

  Ahanchi, Sadaf S ^a   Carroll, Megan ^a   Almaroof, Babatunde ^a   Panneton, Jean M ^a  

^a SENTARA HEART HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMIC SEVERITY GRADING SCORE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOMS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRGINIA;

EID: 80054868540     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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