Survival after open versus endovascular thoracic aortic aneurysm repair in an observational study of the medicare population

Circulation

Volumn 124, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 2661-2669

  Goodney, Philip P ^a,b   Travis, Lori ^c   Lucas, F Lee ^c   Fillinger, Mark F ^a   Goodman, David C ^b   Cronenwett, Jack L ^a   Stone, David H ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

angioplasty; aortic aneurysm, thoracic; epidemiology; grafts; peripheral vascular diseases; survival analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPEN ANEURYSM REPAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 83555160914     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.033944     Document Type: Article

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