Carotid ultrasound findings as a predictor of long-term survival after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: A 14-year prospective study

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1220-1225

  Liapis, Christos D ^a,b   Kakisis, John D ^a,b   Dimitroulis, Dimitrios A ^a,b   Daskalopoulos, Marios ^a,b   Nikolaou, Alexios ^a,b   Kostakis, Alkiviadis G ^a,b  

^a Laiko Hospital ^*  (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ACHILLES REFLEX; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0344737610     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-5214(03)00716-X     Document Type: Article

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