Contemporary management of the infra-renal abdominal aortic aneurysm

Surgeon

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 363-371

  Wilson, W R W ^a   Choke, E C ^b   Dawson, J ^b   Loftus, I M ^b   Thompson, M M ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Management; Non ruptured; Rupture

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FAMILY HISTORY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MANAGED CARE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL ARTERY ANEURYSM; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST; SEX RATIO; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33751566633     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-666X(06)80112-5     Document Type: Review

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