Quality of life after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: Nellix sac-anchoring endoprosthesis versus open surgery

Medicina (Lithuania)

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 286-291

  Ķisis, Kaspars ^a,b   Krieviņš, Dainis ^a,c   Naškoviča, Karina ^c   Gediņš, Marcis ^a   Šavlovskis, Janis ^a,c   Ezite, Natalija ^a,b   Lietuvietis, Edvins ^a   Zariņš, Kristaps ^d  

^a PAULS STRADINS CLINICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

^b RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Endovascular treatment; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866633675     PISSN: 1010660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/medicina48060042     Document Type: Article

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