Atherosclerosis in abdominal aortic aneurysms: A causal event or a process running in parallel? the tromsø study

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1263-1268

  Johnsen, Stein Harald ^a   Forsdahl, Signe Helene ^b,c   Singh, Kulbir ^a   Jacobsen, Bjarne Koster ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b Departments of Community Medicine   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aneurysms; Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Coronary heart disease; Risk factors; Ultrasonic diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77952886312     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.110.203588     Document Type: Article

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