Calcification as a risk factor for rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 542-548

  Buijs, R V C ^a   Willems, T P ^a   Tio, R A ^a   Boersma, H H ^a   Tielliu, I F J ^a   Slart, R H J A ^a   Zeebregts, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Calcification; Risk assessment; Rupture

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; CALCIFICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUPTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTOGRAPHY; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84886723513     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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