Sonographic Evaluation of the Abdominal Aorta

Ultrasound Clinics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 437-453

  Bhatt, Shweta ^a   Ghazale, Hamad ^b   Dogra, Vikram S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGING; AORTA DISSECTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64149101237     PISSN: 1556858X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cult.2007.06.001     Document Type: Review

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