Ultrasound surveillance of ectatic abdominal aortas

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 477-482

  Devaraj, S ^a,b   Dodds, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b HEREFORD COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Ectatic aorta; Growth rates; Surveillance; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TIME;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 52649178379     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588408X301064     Document Type: Article

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