Growth rates and risk of rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1674-1680

  Vardulaki, K A ^a   Prevost, T C ^a   Walker, N M ^a   Day, N E ^a   Wilmink, A B M ^a,b   Quick, C R G ^b   Ashton, H A ^c   Scott, R A P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HINCHINGBROOKE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST RICHARD S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA; ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031766763     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00946.x     Document Type: Article

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