Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: A surgical emergency with many clinical presentations

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 1003, 2009, Pages 268-273

  Assar, A N ^a,b   Zarins, C K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DUODENAL DISEASES; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; RENAL VEINS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 67649095314     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2008.074666     Document Type: Review

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