Impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on elective and emergency abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Objective: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) expansion and is considered by some to be a relative contraindication to conventional aortic surgery. This study was undertaken to determine if COPD increases operative death, morbidity, intens...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of vascular surgery 2001-01, Vol.33 (1), p.72-76
Hauptverfasser:	Axelrod, David A., Henke, Peter K., Wakefield, Thomas W., Stanley, James C., Jacobs, Lloyd A., Graham, Linda M., Greenfield, Lazar J., Upchurch, Gilbert R.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aneurysm, Ruptured - complications Aneurysm, Ruptured - mortality Aneurysm, Ruptured - surgery Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - complications Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - mortality Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - surgery Emergencies Female Hospital Mortality Humans Intensive Care Units - statistics & numerical data Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data Lung Diseases, Obstructive - complications Lung Diseases, Obstructive - mortality Male Middle Aged Postoperative Complications - mortality Retrospective Studies Risk Survival Rate
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