Failure to rescue and mortality following repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Waits, Seth A ^a   Sheetz, Kyle H ^a   Campbell, Darrell A ^a   Ghaferi, Amir A ^a   Englesbe, Michael J ^a   Eliason, Jonathan L ^a   Henke, Peter K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICHIGAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84897055273     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2013.10.078     Document Type: Article

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