Sonographic surveillance of abdominal aortic aneurysms: What is the smallest change in measured diameter that reliably reflects aneurysm growth?

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 241-246

  Schmidt, Matthias H ^a   Mitchell, J Ross ^a   Downey, Dónal B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Analysis of variance; Observer variation; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 0032877086     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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