Thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm and dissection: An investigation based on autopsy

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 68-71

  Svensjo S ^a   Bengtsson, H ^a   Bergqvist, D ^b,c  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGE; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030048971     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800830122     Document Type: Article

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