Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm: should we lower the intervention cut-off point?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7857, 2012, Pages

  Andermann, Anne ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; ABDOMINAL AORTA; MALE; NOTE; PATHOLOGY;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84862063979     PISSN: 17561833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e3111     Document Type: Editorial

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