Potential influence of intraluminal thrombus on abdominal aortic aneurysm as assessed by a new non-invasive method

Vascular

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 732-739

  Vorp, D A ^a   Mandarino, W A ^a   Webster, M W ^a   Gorcsan, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Division of Cardiology   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal aortic aneurysm; mechanical properties; thrombus; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL AORTA; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUPTURE; THROMBUS; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPLIANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0030483007     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721099600400610     Document Type: Article

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