Hospitalization rates and post-operative mortality for abdominal aortic aneurysm in Italy over the period 2000-2011

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Sensi, Luigi ^a   Tedesco, Dario ^a,b   Mimmi, Stefano ^a,b   Rucci, Paola ^a,b   Pisano, Emilio ^a   Pedrini, Luciano ^a   McDonald, Kathryn M ^a,c   Fantini, Maria Pia ^a,b  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893605633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083855     Document Type: Article

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