Decreases in diameters of treated abdominal aortic aneurysms and reduction in rupture rate

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-75

  Hadjibashi, Anoushiravan Amini ^a   Mirocha, James ^a   Cossman, David V ^a   Gewertz, Bruce L ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ABDOMINAL AORTA; AORTA RUPTURE; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872469339     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2012.1151     Document Type: Article

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