Evaluation of aortic stiffness (aortic pulse-wave velocity) before and after elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair procedures: A pilot study

Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 173-175

  Paraskevas, Kosmas I ^a   Bessias, Nikolaos ^a   Psathas, Chrysovalantis ^a   Akridas, Konstantinos ^a   Dragios, Theodoros ^a   Nikitas, Georgios ^a   Andrikopoulos, Vassilios ^a   Mikhailidis, Dimitri P ^b   Kyriakides, Zenon S ^a  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Aneurysm rupture risk; Cardiovascular mortality; Predictor; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE WAVE;

EID: 77952699388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18741924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874192400903010173     Document Type: Article

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