Abdominal aortic aneurysms - Gender aspects on prevalence, treatment, and concurrent aneurysms

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-21

  Hultgren, Rebecka ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

abdominal aortic aneurysm; gender; mortality; prevalence; TAA; women

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FIRST DEGREE RELATIVE; GENDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MENOPAUSE; PATHOGENESIS; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; ANIMALS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ILIAC ANEURYSM; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84873081598     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: 14391902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1329697     Document Type: Review

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