Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms using a dedicated portable ultrasound system: Early results

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 602-606

  Flu, Willem Jan ^a   Van Kuijk, Jan Peter ^a   Merks, Egon J W ^a   Kuiper, Ruud ^a   Verhagen, Hence J M ^a   Bosch, Johan G ^a   Bom, Nicolaas ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^b   Poldermans, Don ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm; Screening; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 67650872865     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jep081     Document Type: Article

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