Endovascular repair is associated with superior clinical outcomes in patients transferred for treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-95

  Mandawat, Anant ^a   Mandawat, Aditya ^b   Sosa, Julie A ^a   Muhs, Bart E ^a   Indes, Jeffrey E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Endovascular aneurysm repair; Mortality; Open surgery; Patient transfer; Population based analysis; Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm; Stent graft

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES AS TOPIC; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT TRANSFER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857134960     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: 15451550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/11-3651.1     Document Type: Article

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