Screening men for aortic aneurysm

International Angiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-188

  Calderwood, R ^a   Welch, Mark ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm, abdominal; Coronary artery disease; Cost effectiveness; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCREENING; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 7044233677     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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