A multicentre observational study of the outcomes of screening detected sub-aneurysmal aortic dilatation

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 128-134

  Wild, J B ^a   Stather, P W ^a   Biancari, F ^b   Choke, E C ^a   Earnshaw, J J ^c   Grant, S W ^d   Hafez, H ^e   Holdsworth, R ^f   Juvonen, T ^b   Lindholt, J ^g   McCollum, C ^d   Parvin, S ^h   Sayers, R D ^a   Bown, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e ST RICHARD S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

^g VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Aortic ectasia; Ectatic aorta; Sub aneurysmal aortic dilatation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIFE TABLE METHOD; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SUBANEURYSMAL AORTIC DILATATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84872611036     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2012.11.024     Document Type: Article

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