Development of a novel scoring tool for the identification of large ≥5 cm abdominal aortic aneurysms

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 252, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 675-681

  Greco, Giampaolo ^a   Egorova, Natalia N ^a   Gelijns, Annetine C ^a   Moskowitz, Alan J ^a   Manganaro, Andrew J ^b,c   Zwolak, Robert M ^b,d   Riles, Thomas S ^b,e   Kent, K Craig ^b,f  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Screening Task Force   (United States)

^c Life Line Screening   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; ULTRASOUND; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BODY WEIGHT; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BODY WEIGHT; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958004053     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181f621c8     Document Type: Article

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