Thoracic and abdominal aortic dimension in 70-year-old men and women - A population-based whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 504-512

  Wanhainen, Anders ^a   Themudo, Raquel ^a,b   Ahlström, Håkan ^a   Lind, Lars ^a   Johansson, Lars ^a,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA BIFURCATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA; WHOLE BODY MRI;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX FACTORS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 39549107909     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.10.043     Document Type: Article

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