Ultrasonographic quantification and characterization criteria for aneurysms of the abdominal aorta: The AFFCA study;Criteres de quantification et de caracterisation des anevrysmes de l'aorte abdominale par l'echographie: Etude AFFCA

Journal des Maladies Vasculaires

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 313-320

  Baud, J M ^a   Mas, D ^b   Pichot, O ^b   Laroche, J P ^b   Viard, A ^b   Crevillier M ^b   Giraud, M ^b   Ledemeney, M ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VERSAILLES   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aortic abdominal aneurysm; Characterization; Quantification; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; B SCAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031445947     PISSN: 03980499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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