High prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysms in brothers and sisters of patients despite a low prevalence in the population

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 305-310

  Linné, Anneli ^a,b   Lindström, David ^a,c   Hultgren, Rebecka ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SIBLING; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

EID: 84864439539     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.01.061     Document Type: Article

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