Incidence, follow-up, and outcomes of incidental abdominal aortic aneurysms

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Van Walraven, Carl ^a,b,c   Wong, Jenna ^b   Morant, Kareem ^a   Jennings, Alison ^b   Jetty, Prasad ^b   Forster, Alan J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOCUMENTATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MONITORING; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 77955509374     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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