Anatomic characteristics of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm on conventional CT scans: Implications for rupture risk

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1243-1252

  Fillinger, Mark F ^a,b   Racusin, Jessica ^a   Baker, Robert K ^a   Cronenwett, Jack L ^a   Teutelink, Arno ^a   Schermerhorn, Marc L ^a   Zwolak, Robert M ^a   Powell, Richard J ^a   Walsh, Daniel B ^a   Rzucidlo, Eva M ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Dept Surg Sect Vasc Surg D   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; THICKNESS; THROMBUS;

EID: 3242686375     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2004.02.025     Document Type: Article

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