Growth rates of small abdominal aortic aneurysms correlate with clinical events

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-44

  Thompson, A R ^a,b   Cooper, J A ^b   Ashton, H A ^a   Hafez, H ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 72949104668     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6779     Document Type: Article

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