The rise and fall of abdominal aortic aneurysm

Circulation

Volumn 124, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1097-1099

  Lederle, Frank A ^a  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal aortic aneurysms; Editorials; epidemiology; incidence; mortality rates; smoking

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; ULTRASOUND;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 80052592475     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.052365     Document Type: Editorial

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