A summary of the contributions of the VA cooperative studies on abdominal aortic aneurysms

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1085, Issue , 2006, Pages 29-38

  Lederle, Frank A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Mortality; Multicenter studies; Surgical treatment; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MORTALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; ULTRASOUND; VETERAN; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TIME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 34447642140     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1383.039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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