Abdominal aortic calcification and surgical outcomes in patients with no known cardiovascular risk factors

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 257, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 774-781

  Harbaugh, Calista M ^a   Terjimanian, Michael N ^a   Lee, Jay S ^a   Alawieh, Abbas Z ^a   Kowalsky, Daniel B ^a   Tishberg, Lindsay M ^a   Krell, Robert W ^a   Holcombe, Sven A ^a   Wang, Stewart C ^a   Campbell, Darrell A ^a   Englesbe, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal aortic calcification; atherosclerosis; cardiovascular risk; cross sectional imaging; surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTIC CALCIFICATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84875225865     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31826ddd5f     Document Type: Article

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