ACE inhibitors and abdominal aortic aneurysm

Lancet

Volumn 368, Issue 9536, 2006, Pages 622-623

  Diehm, Nicolas ^a   Baumgartner, Iris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 33747121253     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69221-0     Document Type: Note

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