Vascular disease: Repair of infrarenal aortic aneurysm-the debate is over

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 122-124

  Karthikesalingam, Alan ^a   Thompson, Matthew M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REOPERATION; REVIEW; SAFETY; TREATMENT INDICATION; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880159848     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2013.4     Document Type: Review

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