Surgery for small asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Filardo, Giovanni ^a   Powell, Janet T ^b   Martinez, Melissa Ashley Marie ^c   Ballard, David J ^a  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; AGE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OPEN SURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; TIME; WATCHFUL WAITING;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84964698840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001835.pub4     Document Type: Review

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