Cardiovascular predictors for long-term mortality after EVAR for AAA

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 422-427

  Ohrlander, Tomas ^a   Dencker, Magnus ^b   Dias, Nuno V ^b   Gottsäter, Anders ^b   Acosta, Stefan ^b  

^a Eksjo County Hospital   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

anemia; cardiovascular; echocardiography; electrocardiogram; EVAR; mortality

Indexed keywords

DIGITALIS; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 82955247125     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: 14770377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X11425713     Document Type: Review

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