The fate of patients referred to a specialist vascular unit with large infra-renal abdominal aortic aneurysms over a two-year period

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 295-301

  Karthikesalingam, A ^a   Nicoli, T K ^a   Holt, P J ^a   Hinchliffe, R J ^a   Pasha, N ^a   Loftus, I M ^a   Thompson, M M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Natural history; Risk stratification; Turndown

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; STATIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GLASGOW ANEURYSM SCORE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80051670272     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2011.04.022     Document Type: Article

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