Gender differences in abdominal aortic aneurysm presentation, repair, and mortality in the Vascular Study Group of New England

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1261-1268.e5

  Lo, Ruby C ^a   Bensley, Rodney P ^a   Hamdan, Allen D ^a   Wyers, Mark ^a   Adams, Julie E ^b   Schermerhorn, Marc L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBOLISM; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LEG ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84876416371     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.11.039     Document Type: Article

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