Comparison of long-term survival after open vs endovascular repair of intact abdominal aortic aneurysm among medicare beneficiaries

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1621-1628

  Jackson, Rubie Sue ^a   Chang, David C ^b   Freischlag, Julie A ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INTACT ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE AMPUTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 84859822349     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.453     Document Type: Article

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