The prevalence and natural history of aortic aneurysms in heart and abdominal organ transplant patients

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-31

  Englesbe, Michael J ^a   Wu, Audrey H ^a   Clowes, Alexander W ^a   Zierler, R Eugene ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0037282921     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2003.57     Document Type: Article

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