Abdominal aortic aneurysm: High prevalence in men over 59 years of age with TIA or stroke, a perspective

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-98

  Gratama, Jan Willem C ^a   Van Leeuwen, Roeland B ^a  

^a GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aneurysm of the abdominal aorta; Cerebrovascular accident; Prevention; Screening; Stroke; Transient ischemic attack (TIA)

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEATH; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; STROKE; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 76649144462     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-009-9524-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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