Natural History of the Ectatic Aorta

Vascular

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 273-276

  Basnyat, P S ^a   Aiono, S ^b   Warsi, A A ^a   Magee, T R ^b   Galland, R B ^b   Lewis, M H ^a  

^a ROYAL GLAMORGAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abdominal aorta; aneurysm; ectatic aorta; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RATE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037603125     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721090301100405     Document Type: Article

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