Screening and ultrasound surveillance of large abdominal aortic aneurysms do not improve suitability for endovascular repair

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 265-269

  Thompson, Andrew R ^a   Rodway, Alex ^b   Mitchell, Adam ^b   Hafez, Hany ^a  

^a ST RICHARD S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 32344433753     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2005.09.046     Document Type: Article

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