Surveillance strategies according to the rate of growth of small abdominal aortic aneurysms

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 415-421

  Badger, Stephen A ^a   Jones, Claire ^a   McClements, Jane ^a   Lau, Louis L ^a   Young, Ian S ^b   Patterson, Christopher C ^b  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abdominal aortic aneurysm; rate of growth

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; TIME FACTORS; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 82955207615     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: 14770377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X11423971     Document Type: Article

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