Abdominal aortic aneurysms;Aortenaneurysmen Abdominelle

Gefasschirurgie

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 154-168

  Debus, E S ^a   Kolbel T ^a   Bockler D ^b   Eckstein, H H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Endovascular treatment; Pathogenesis; Surgical treatment; Ultrasound screening

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DESCENDING AORTA SURGERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC AND FAMILIAL DISORDERS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETHALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 77955742938     PISSN: 09487034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00772-009-0755-4     Document Type: Review

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