Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 328, Issue 16, 1993, Pages 1167-1172

  Desforges, Jane F ^a   Ernst, Calvin B ^b,c  

^a Henry Ford Hospital ^*

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA RUPTURE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; HUMAN; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0027922212     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199304223281607     Document Type: Review

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