Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 159-166 , March 2009

Open Repair for Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Is It Possible to Predict Survival?

  • M. Antonello

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Section, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Michele Antonello, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Section, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani 2, 35100 Padua, Italy
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  • P. Frigatti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Section, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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  • C. Maturi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Section, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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  • S. Lepidi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Section, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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  • F. Noventa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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  • G. Pittoni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, Padua, Italy
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  • G.P. Deriu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Section, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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  • F. Grego

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Section, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

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PII: S0890-5096(08)00215-X

doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2008.05.011

Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 159-166 , March 2009

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