Prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm in Chinese patients with severe coronary artery disease

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 630-633

  Poon, Jensen T C ^a   Cheng, Stephen W K ^a   Wong, Joyce S W ^a   Ting, Albert C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

aneurysm; aorta; cardiovascular diseases; coronary disease; screening

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CHINA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77956640919     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2010.05345.x     Document Type: Article

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