Designation as "unfit for open repair" is associated with poor outcomes after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 575-581

  De Martino, Randall R ^a   Brooke, Benjamin S ^a   Robinson, William ^b   Schanzer, Andres ^b   Indes, Jeffrey E ^c   Wallaert, Jessica B ^a   Nolan, Brian W ^a   Cronenwett, Jack L ^a   Goodney, Philip P ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Complications; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEURYSM; COMPLICATIONS; MORTALITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884483649     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000303     Document Type: Article

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