Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 749-754 , October 2009

Perioperative asymptomatic cardiac damage after endovascular abdominal aneurysm repair is associated with poor long-term outcome

Parts of this article were presented at the Vascular Annual Meeting 2009, Denver, Colo, June 11-13, 2009.

  • Tamara A. Winkel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Olaf Schouten, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Jan-Peter van Kuijk, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Hence J.M. Verhagen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Jeroen J. Bax, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Don Poldermans, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Prof. Dr. Don Poldermans, Department of Vascular Surgery, Room H 805, Erasmus MC, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Received 12 March 2009 ,Accepted 30 April 2009.

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 This work was supported by unrestricted research grants from ZonMw, the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (#92003340) to Dr Schouten, and Lijf & Leven Foundation, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to Dr Winkel.

 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(09)01012-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.04.069

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 749-754 , October 2009

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