TY - JOUR AU - Goodyear, Stephen J. AU - Yow, Heng AU - Saedon, Mahmud AU - Shakespeare, Joanna AU - Hill, Christopher E. AU - Watson, Duncan AU - Marshall, Colette AU - Mahmood, Asif AU - Higman, Daniel AU - Imray, Christopher HE PY - 2013 DA - 2013/05/19 TI - Risk stratification by pre-operative cardiopulmonary exercise testing improves outcomes following elective abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery: a cohort study JO - Perioperative Medicine SP - 10 VL - 2 IS - 1 AB - In 2009, the NHS evidence adoption center and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published a review of the use of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). They recommended the development of a risk-assessment tool to help identify AAA patients with greater or lesser risk of operative mortality and to contribute to mortality prediction. SN - 2047-0525 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/2047-0525-2-10 DO - 10.1186/2047-0525-2-10 ID - Goodyear2013 ER -