Debate: Whether young, good-risk patients should be treated with endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1709-1715

  Vallabhaneni, Raghuveer ^a   Farber, Mark A ^a   Schneider, Fabrice ^b   Ricco, Jean Baptiste ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SHORT TERM SURVIVAL;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; DECISION MAKING; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; STENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888351598     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2013.09.017     Document Type: Article

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