Assessment of the accuracy of aortascan for detection of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-170

  Abbas, A ^a   Smith, A ^a   Cecelja, M ^a   Waltham, M ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; AortaScan; Portable ultrasound; Screening

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84855556842     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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