Plasma levels of plasmin-antiplasmin-complexes are predictive for small abdominal aortic aneurysms expanding to operation-recommendable sizes

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 611-615

  Lindholt, Jes S ^a   Jørgensen, Bo ^b   Fasting, Helge ^a   Henneberg, Eskilo W ^a  

^a VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; ANTIPLASMIN; ELASTIN; PLASMIN; PLASMIN PLASMIN INHIBITOR COMPLEX; PLASMIN-PLASMIN INHIBITOR COMPLEX; PLASMINOGEN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; ROC CURVE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; ANTIPLASMIN; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELASTIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0345878516     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2001.119040     Document Type: Article

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