No increased mortality with early aortic aneurysm disease

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1246-1251

  Mell, Matthew ^a   White, Julie J ^a   Hill, Bradley B ^a   Hastie, Trevor ^a   Dalman, Ronald L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84867746415     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.04.023     Document Type: Article

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