Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm during transthoracic echocardiography. A prospective study in 1202 consecutive patients at high risk: Incidence, correlation with risk factors, feasibility, diagnostic accuracy, and increase in echocardiography time;Ricerca dell' aneurisma dell'aorta addominale durante ecocardiografia transtoracica. Studio prospettico su 1202 pazienti consecutivi ad alto rischio: Incidenza, correlazione con i fattori di rischio, fattibilità, accurateza, tempo medio aggiuntivo

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 217-223

  Ruggiero, Massimo ^a   Lenti, Maria Luisa ^a   Cavallari, Daniela ^a   Dicillo, Carmela Patrizia ^a   Mascolo, Angelo Raffaele ^a   Musci, Sergio ^a   Tota, Francesco ^a   Sabato, Giuseppe ^b   Tortorella, Carla ^a   Damiani, Domenica ^a   Colonna, Paolo ^c   Franchini, Giovanni ^a  

^a San Paolo Hospital   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645748849     PISSN: 18276806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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