Pattern of aortic aneurysms in an African country

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 797-800

  Ogeng'O, Julius A ^a   Olabu, Beda O ^a   Kilonzi, Justus P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ARCH; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CHILD; DESCENDING AORTA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; ULTRASOUND; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; BLACK PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956885227     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.11.023     Document Type: Article

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