Growth predictors and prognosis of small abdominal aortic aneurysms

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1127-1133

  Schlösser, Felix J V ^a   Tangelder, Marco J D ^a   Verhagen, Hence J M ^b   van der Heijden, Geert J M G ^a   Muhs, Bart E ^c   van der Graaf, Yolanda ^a   Moll, Frans L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPID;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44349115500     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.01.041     Document Type: Article

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