Anemia is associated with mortality following endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 223-228

  Saratzis, Athanasios ^a,b   Melas, Nikolaos ^b   Hunter, James P ^c   Dixon, Hannah ^c   Nightingale, Peter ^a   Kiskinis, Dimitrios ^b   Saratzis, Nikolaos ^b   Kitas, George D ^a,d  

^a RUSSELLS HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abdominal aortic aneurysm; anemia; endovascular; outcome

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

AGED; ANEMIA; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMORBIDITY; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84860800830     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: 19389116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574412442251     Document Type: Article

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