Abdominal aortic aneurysm: A comprehensive review

Experimental and Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-15

  Aggarwal, Sourabh ^a   Qamar, Arman ^b   Sharma, Vishal ^a   Sharma, Alka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Complications; Diagnosis; Risk factor; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BACKACHE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENTAL FINDING; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STENT; THROMBOSIS; WALL STRESS; WATCHFUL WAITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 79953879761     PISSN: 12056626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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