Watchful waiting in cases of small abdominal aortic aneurysms - Appropriate for all patients?

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 441-450

  Valentine, R James ^a,b   DeCaprio, Jeffery D ^a,b   Castillo, Juan M ^a,b   Modrall, J Gregory ^a,b   Jackson, Mark R ^a,b   Clagett, G Patrick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 0033823282     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2000.108635     Document Type: Article

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