Is the abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture rate decreasing?

Advances in Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 271-286

  Lee, Andy M ^a   Chaikof, Elliot L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Angiotensin; EVAR; Outcomes; Rupture; Smoking; Statin; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880960207     PISSN: 00653411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yasu.2013.03.004     Document Type: Review

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