Prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm is still high in certain areas of southern Europe

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1068-1073

  Barba, Ángel ^a   De Céniga, Melina Vega ^a   Estallo, Luis ^a   De La Fuente, Natalia ^a   Viviens, Belén ^a   Izagirre, Maite ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; SOUTHERN EUROPE; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SPAIN;

EID: 84886002060     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: 16155947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2013.01.017     Document Type: Article

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