Diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm using abdominal ultrasonography examination in primary health care;Diagnóstico de aneurisma de aorta abdominal mediante ecografía abdominal en atención primaria

Semergen

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 471-476

  Garcia Caballos M ^a   Ramos Diaz F ^a   Solana Moreno, M ^a   Santos Garcia A ^b  

^a Centro de Salud la Chana   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Abdominal ultrasonography; Primary care; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957314666     PISSN: 11383593     EISSN: 15788865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semerg.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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