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National trends and regional variation of open and endovascular repair of thoracic and thoracoabdominal aneurysms in contemporary practice  Salvatore.

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1 National trends and regional variation of open and endovascular repair of thoracic and thoracoabdominal aneurysms in contemporary practice  Salvatore T. Scali, MD, Philip P. Goodney, MD, Daniel B. Walsh, MD, Lori L. Travis, MS, Brian W. Nolan, MD, David C. Goodman, MD, F. Lee Lucas, PhD, David H. Stone, MD  Journal of Vascular Surgery  Volume 53, Issue 6, Pages (June 2011) DOI: /j.jvs Copyright © 2011 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 International Classification of Diseases, 9th edition and Current Procedural Terminology coding strategy for thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA) and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAA) TEVAR, Thoracic endovascular aortic aneurysm repair. Journal of Vascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jvs ) Copyright © 2011 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 Map shows the nine census tract regions of the United States, as designated by the U.S. Census Bureau. Adapted from Journal of Vascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jvs ) Copyright © 2011 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions

4 Fig 3 Rates of total thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair (diamonds), open repair (squares) and endovascular repair (triangles) in Medicare patients, CI, Confidence interval. Journal of Vascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jvs ) Copyright © 2011 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions

5 Fig 4 Regional variation in use of open and endovascular repair of thoracic and thoracoabdominal aneurysms (TEVAR) among Medicare beneficiaries in 2007. Journal of Vascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jvs ) Copyright © 2011 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions


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