Preoperative Cardiac Evaluation and Interventions Before Aortic Surgery: Are They Justified?

Perspectives in Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 25-41

  Hao Bui, M D ^a   de Virgilio, Christian ^b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal aortic aneurysm; coronary artery bypass grafting; Coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993660988     PISSN: 15310035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153100350001200207     Document Type: Article

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