Current issues in the treatment of women with abdominal aortic aneurysm

Gender Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-43

  Harthun, Nancy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal aorta; aneurysm; endovascular; gender

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGE; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FAMILY HISTORY; GRAFT FAILURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICARE; MEDLINE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT SELECTION; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41949099606     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1550-8579(08)80006-X     Document Type: Article

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