Variables that affect the expansion rate and rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 800, Issue , 1996, Pages 56-67

  Cronenwett, Jack L ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROPRANOLOL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FAMILY HISTORY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONHUMAN; RISK; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBUS;

THROMBUS;

EID: 0030465257     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb33298.x     Document Type: Article

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