Detection of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm during Routine Echocardiography

Echocardiography

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-73

  Schwartz, Kenneth V ^a,b   Rashkow, Andrew M ^a,b   Akella, Mohan S ^a  

^a GRIFFIN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Echocardiography; Screening

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0030069193     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1996.tb00869.x     Document Type: Article

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