District-based abdominal aortic aneurysm screening in population aged 65 years and older

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 777-782

  Palombo, D ^a   Lucertini, G ^a   Pane, B ^a   Mazzei, R ^a   Spinella, G ^a   Brasesco, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm, abdominal; Diagnosis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; ITALY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PEDIGREE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952044241     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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