Reduction in ruptured aortic aneurysms is not due to increases in endovascular repairs

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1395-1398

  Hadjibashi, Anoushiravan Amini ^a   Ng, Tina ^a   Mirocha, James ^a   Cossman, David ^a   Gewertz, Bruce ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; ANGIOSCOPY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80755125563     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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