Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Surgeons Role in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Mortality Examined
Published in Cardiovascular Week, July 14th, 2008
Fourteen different surgeons performed consecutive open RAAA repairs on 170 patients between January 2001 and June 2007 at the Center. Results showed an operative mortality rate (in-hospital or 30 days post operation, whichever is later) of 38.2 percent, including 29 intra-operative deaths. Factors that were independent predictors of perioperative...
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