Outcomes of an abdominal aortic aneurysm screening program

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 376-381

  Chun, Kevin C ^a   Teng, Kai Y ^a   Van Spyk, Elyse N ^a   Carson, John G ^a,b   Lee, Eugene S ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SMOKING; VASCULAR SURGERY; VETERAN;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84872686102     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.08.038     Document Type: Article

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