Advantages and pitfalls of abdominal aortic aneurysm screening in high-risk patients

Vascular

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 201-206

  Badger, Stephen A ^a   O'Donnell, Mark E ^a   Sharif, Muhammad A ^a   Boyd, Christopher S ^a   Soong, Chee V ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Cardiac; High risk; Screening

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCREENING TEST; ABDOMINAL AORTA; AORTA RUPTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MASS SCREENING;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYPHARMACY;

EID: 58149197159     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6670.2008.00042     Document Type: Article

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