Evidence from cross-sectional imaging indicates abdominal but not thoracic aortic aneurysms are local manifestations of a systemic dilating diathesis

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Nordon, Ian ^a   Brar, Ranjeet ^a   Taylor, Jeremy ^a   Hinchliffe, Robert ^a   Loftus, Ian M ^a   Thompson, Matt M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INSULIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC DILATING DIATHESIS; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

EID: 67649234212     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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