Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 1102-1108.e2 , June 2007

Objective scoring systems of medical risk: A clinical tool for selecting patients for open or endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Presented at the Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Vascular Surgery, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sep 9 and 10, 2005.

  • Rumi Faizer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Vascular Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo
    • ,
  • Guy DeRose, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
    • ,
  • D. Kirk Lawlor, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
    • ,
  • Kenneth A. Harris, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
    • ,
  • Thomas L. Forbes, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Thomas L. Forbes, MD, Division of Vascular Surgery, London HSC & The University of Western Ontario, 800 Commissioners Rd E, E2-119, London, ON N6A 5W9, Canada.

Received 10 November 2006 ,Accepted 7 February 2007.

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 Competition of interest: none.Additional material for this article may be found online at www.jvascsurg.org.CME article

PII: S0741-5214(07)00324-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.02.036

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 1102-1108.e2 , June 2007

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