Higher prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysms in patients with carotid stenosis but without diabetes

Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 687-692

  Kang, Steven S ^a   Littooy, Fred N ^b   Gupta, Sudha R ^b   Johnson, Gary R ^b   Fisher, Susan G ^b   Cote, Wendy L ^b   Steffen, George F ^b   Mansour, M Ashraf ^b   Labropoulos, Nicos ^b   Maggio, John C ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0032827578     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(99)70123-6     Document Type: Article

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