Different Disease Profiles for Women and Men with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 556-560

  Hultgren, R ^a,b   Granath, F ^a   Swedenborg, J ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Causes of death; Gender; Mortality; Standardised mortality rate; Women

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 34047271125     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2006.11.030     Document Type: Article

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