Changing epidemiology of abdominal aortic aneurysms in England and Wales: Older and more benign?

Circulation

Volumn 125, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1617-1625

  Choke, Edward ^a,b   Vijaynagar, Badri ^a   Thompson, John ^a   Nasim, Akhtar ^a,b   Bown, Matthew J ^a,b   Sayers, Robert D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysms; Epidemiology; Incidence; Mortality; Mortality rates

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRATIFIED SAMPLE; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; WALES;

EID: 84863419938     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.077503     Document Type: Article

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