Ultrasonographic screening for the detection of abdominal aortic aneurysms;Ultraschall-screening abdominaler aortenaneurysmen

Deutsches Arzteblatt

Volumn 106, Issue 41, 2009, Pages 657-663

  Eckstein, Hans Henning ^a   Böckler, Dittmar ^b   Flessenkämper, Ingo ^c   Schmitz Rixen, Thomas ^d   Debus, Sebastian ^e   Lang, Werner ^f  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c DRK Klinikum Berlin Mitte   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^e Asklepios Klinik Harburg   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Aneurysm; Aortic surgery; Ultrasonographic diagnosis; Vascular diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 72049114205     PISSN: 00121207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2009.0657     Document Type: Review

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